Local and global regulation of transcription initiation in bacteria

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 638-650

  Browning, Douglas F ^a   Busby, Stephen J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; HOLOENZYME; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIA; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84982950001     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro.2016.103     Document Type: Review

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