Functional map of the alpha subunit of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase: two modes of transcription activation by positive factors.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on October 15, 1991

Authors

K Igarashi1, A Hanamura, K Makino, H Aiba, H Aiba, T Mizuno, A Nakata, A Ishihama

Author Affiliations

1: National Institute of Genetics, Department of Molecular Genetics, Shizuoka, Japan.

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