| Literature DB >> 12455702 |
Sergei Borukhov1, Konstantin Severinov.
Abstract
In bacteria, sigma subunits direct the catalytically competent RNA polymerase core enzyme to promoters. Recent advances in our understanding of bacterial RNA polymerase reveal that sigma subunits are intimately involved in all aspects of transcription initiation including promoter location, promoter melting, initiation of RNA synthesis, abortive initiation and promoter escape.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12455702 DOI: 10.1016/s0923-2508(02)01368-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Res Microbiol ISSN: 0923-2508 Impact factor: 3.992