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UPs and downs in bacterial transcription initiation: the role of the alpha subunit of RNA polymerase in promoter recognition
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In recent years, it has become clear that promoter recognition by bacterial RNA polymerase involves interactions not only between core promoter elements and the σ subunit, but also between a DNA element upstream of the core promoter and the α subunit. DNA binding by α can increase transcription dramatically. Here we review the current state of our understanding of the α interaction with DNA during basal transcription initiation (i.e. in the absence of proteins other than RNA polymerase) and activated transcription initiation (i.e. when stimulated by transcription factors).
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- Authors
- Gourse, R. L., Ross, W., & Gaal, T.
- Venue
- Molecular Microbiology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2000-08
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 687-695
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- 0950-382X (ISSN-L)
- 1365-2958
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