The whole set of constitutive promoters recognized by RNA polymerase RpoD holoenzyme of Escherichia coli.

The promoter selectivity of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase is determined by the sigma subunit with promoter recognition activity. The model prokaryote Escherichia coli contains seven species of the sigma subunit, each recognizing a specific set of promoters. The major sigma subunit, sigma-70 encode...

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Main Authors: Tomohiro Shimada, Yukiko Yamazaki, Kan Tanaka, Akira Ishihama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3946193?pdf=render