NusG prevents transcriptional invasion of H-NS-silenced genes.

Evolutionarily conserved NusG protein enhances bacterial RNA polymerase processivity but can also promote transcription termination by binding to, and stimulating the activity of, Rho factor. Rho terminates transcription upon anchoring to cytidine-rich motifs, the so-called Rho utilization sites (Ru...

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Main Authors: Lionello Bossi, Mathilde Ratel, Camille Laurent, Patricia Kerboriou, Andrew Camilli, Eric Eveno, Marc Boudvillain, Nara Figueroa-Bossi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-10-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008425