Region 4 of Rhizobium etli primary-sigma factor (SigA) confers transcriptional laxity in Escherichia coli

Sigma factors are RNA polymerase subunits engaged in promoter recognition and DNA strand separation during transcription initiation in bacteria. Primary-sigma factors are responsible for the expression of housekeeping genes and are essential for survival. RpoD, the primary-sigma factor of Escherichi...

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Main Authors: Orlando Santillan, Miguel Angel Ramirez-Romero, Luis Lozano, Alberto Checa, Sergio Manuel Encarnacion, Guillermo Davila
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01078/full