TY - JOUR
T1 - Modus operandi of the bacterial RNA polymerase containing the σ54 promoter-specificity factor
AU - Wigneshweraraj, Sivaramesh
AU - Bose, Daniel
AU - Burrows, Patricia C.
AU - Joly, Nicolas
AU - Schumacher, Jörg
AU - Rappas, Mathieu
AU - Pape, Tillmann
AU - Zhang, Xiaodong
AU - Stockley, Peter
AU - Severinov, Konstantin
AU - Buck, Martin
PY - 2008/5
Y1 - 2008/5
N2 - Bacterial sigma (σ) factors confer gene specificity upon the RNA polymerase, the central enzyme that catalyses gene transcription. The binding of the alternative σ factor σ54 confers upon the RNA polymerase special functional and regulatory properties, making it suited for control of several major adaptive responses. Here, we summarize our current understanding of the interactions the σ54 factor makes with the bacterial transcription machinery.
AB - Bacterial sigma (σ) factors confer gene specificity upon the RNA polymerase, the central enzyme that catalyses gene transcription. The binding of the alternative σ factor σ54 confers upon the RNA polymerase special functional and regulatory properties, making it suited for control of several major adaptive responses. Here, we summarize our current understanding of the interactions the σ54 factor makes with the bacterial transcription machinery.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06181.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06181.x
M3 - Short survey
C2 - 18331472
AN - SCOPUS:41749093397
SN - 0950-382X
VL - 68
SP - 538
EP - 546
JO - Molecular microbiology
JF - Molecular microbiology
IS - 3
ER -