A family of anti-σ70 proteins in T4-type phages and bacteria that are similar to AsiA, a transcription inhibitor and co-activator of bacteriophage T4

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 344, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1183-1197

  Pineda, Melissa ^a   Gregory, Brian D ^b   Szczypinski, Bridget ^c   Baxter, Kimberly R ^a   Hochschild, Ann ^b   Miller, Eric S ^c   Hinton, Deborah M ^a  

^a Natl Inst Diabet/Digest K   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AlgQ; AsiA; phage; Rsd; transcription

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN ASIA; SIGMA 70 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ASIA PROTEIN, ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE T4; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HOLOENZYME; MOTA PROTEIN, ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE T4; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; PHENYLALANINE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 70; RSD PROTEIN, E COLI; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; INHIBITION KINETICS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE AEH1; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOLOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 9244259110     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.10.003     Document Type: Article

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