The bacterial enhancer-dependent RNA polymerase.

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Bacterial RNA polymerases: the wholo story. Curr Opin Struct Biol (2003) 4.12

The bacterial enhancer-dependent sigma(54) (sigma(N)) transcription factor. J Bacteriol (2000) 3.63

The sigma70 family of sigma factors. Genome Biol (2003) 3.19

RNA polymerase II-TFIIB structure and mechanism of transcription initiation. Nature (2009) 2.98

Structural basis for promoter-10 element recognition by the bacterial RNA polymerase σ subunit. Cell (2011) 2.82

Structure of an RNA polymerase II-TFIIB complex and the transcription initiation mechanism. Science (2009) 2.43

Isomerization of a binary sigma-promoter DNA complex by transcription activators. Nat Struct Biol (2000) 2.32

Structural basis of transcription initiation. Science (2012) 2.23

Translocation of sigma(70) with RNA polymerase during transcription: fluorescence resonance energy transfer assay for movement relative to DNA. Cell (2001) 2.17

An upstream XylR- and IHF-induced nucleoprotein complex regulates the sigma 54-dependent Pu promoter of TOL plasmid. EMBO J (1991) 2.16

Structural insights into the activity of enhancer-binding proteins. Science (2005) 2.04

Retention of transcription initiation factor sigma70 in transcription elongation: single-molecule analysis. Mol Cell (2005) 1.96

Co-overexpression of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase subunits allows isolation and analysis of mutant enzymes lacking lineage-specific sequence insertions. J Biol Chem (2003) 1.87

Binding of transcriptional activators to sigma 54 in the presence of the transition state analog ADP-aluminum fluoride: insights into activator mechanochemical action. Genes Dev (2001) 1.84

Opening and closing of the bacterial RNA polymerase clamp. Science (2012) 1.73

Promoter opening via a DNA fork junction binding activity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1998) 1.73

Managing membrane stress: the phage shock protein (Psp) response, from molecular mechanisms to physiology. FEMS Microbiol Rev (2010) 1.65

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The role of bacterial enhancer binding proteins as specialized activators of σ54-dependent transcription. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev (2012) 1.53

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Bacterial sigma factors: a historical, structural, and genomic perspective. Annu Rev Microbiol (2014) 1.49

Structure and function of the initially transcribing RNA polymerase II-TFIIB complex. Nature (2012) 1.48

RNA polymerase I structure and transcription regulation. Nature (2013) 1.42

Organization of an activator-bound RNA polymerase holoenzyme. Mol Cell (2008) 1.39

T7 phage protein Gp2 inhibits the Escherichia coli RNA polymerase by antagonizing stable DNA strand separation near the transcription start site. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2010) 1.38

DNA distortion and nucleation of local DNA unwinding within sigma-54 (sigma N) holoenzyme closed promoter complexes. J Biol Chem (1994) 1.37

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Mutations in and monoclonal antibody binding to evolutionary hypervariable region of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase beta' subunit inhibit transcript cleavage and transcript elongation. J Biol Chem (1998) 1.35

Promoter opening by sigma(54) and sigma(70) RNA polymerases: sigma factor-directed alterations in the mechanism and tightness of control. Genes Dev (2000) 1.32

Amino-terminal sequences of sigmaN (sigma54) inhibit RNA polymerase isomerization. Genes Dev (1999) 1.31

Crystal structures of the E. coli transcription initiation complexes with a complete bubble. Mol Cell (2015) 1.24

The sigma 54 DNA-binding domain includes a determinant of enhancer responsiveness. Mol Microbiol (1999) 1.24

A fork junction DNA-protein switch that controls promoter melting by the bacterial enhancer-dependent sigma factor. EMBO J (1999) 1.23

Multiple pathways to bypass the enhancer requirement of sigma 54 RNA polymerase: roles for DNA and protein determinants. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1997) 1.22

Structural basis of transcription initiation by bacterial RNA polymerase holoenzyme. J Biol Chem (2014) 1.17

An intramolecular route for coupling ATPase activity in AAA+ proteins for transcription activation. J Biol Chem (2008) 1.16

Sequences in sigmaN determining holoenzyme formation and properties. J Mol Biol (1999) 1.15

Heterogeneous nucleotide occupancy stimulates functionality of phage shock protein F, an AAA+ transcriptional activator. J Biol Chem (2006) 1.14

Coupling nucleotide hydrolysis to transcription activation performance in a bacterial enhancer binding protein. Mol Microbiol (2007) 1.11

A prehydrolysis state of an AAA+ ATPase supports transcription activation of an enhancer-dependent RNA polymerase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2010) 1.08

Identification of close contacts between the sigma N (sigma 54) protein and promoter DNA in closed promoter complexes. Nucleic Acids Res (1995) 1.04

Identification of an N-terminal region of sigma 54 required for enhancer responsiveness. J Bacteriol (1998) 1.03

Two domains within sigmaN (sigma54) cooperate for DNA binding. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1997) 1.01

The role of the conserved phenylalanine in the sigma54-interacting GAFTGA motif of bacterial enhancer binding proteins. Nucleic Acids Res (2009) 1.00

Conservation of sigma-core RNA polymerase proximity relationships between the enhancer-independent and enhancer-dependent sigma classes. EMBO J (2000) 1.00

Structural basis of DNA recognition by the alternative sigma-factor, sigma54. J Mol Biol (2007) 0.99

Protein-DNA interactions that govern AAA+ activator-dependent bacterial transcription initiation. J Mol Biol (2007) 0.98

Regulated communication between the upstream face of RNA polymerase and the beta' subunit jaw domain. EMBO J (2004) 0.96

Characterisation of holoenzyme lacking sigmaN regions I and II. Nucleic Acids Res (1999) 0.95

The C-terminal RpoN domain of sigma54 forms an unpredicted helix-turn-helix motif similar to domains of sigma70. J Biol Chem (2005) 0.93

ATPase site architecture is required for self-assembly and remodeling activity of a hexameric AAA+ transcriptional activator. Mol Cell (2012) 0.93

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In vivo and in vitro effects of integration host factor at the DmpR-regulated sigma(54)-dependent Po promoter. J Bacteriol (2001) 0.92

Structural biology of bacterial RNA polymerase. Biomolecules (2015) 0.91

A nonconserved surface of the TFIIB zinc ribbon domain plays a direct role in RNA polymerase II recruitment. Mol Cell Biol (2004) 0.91

Domain movements of the enhancer-dependent sigma factor drive DNA delivery into the RNA polymerase active site: insights from single molecule studies. Nucleic Acids Res (2014) 0.89

PspF and IHF bind co-operatively in the psp promoter-regulatory region of Escherichia coli. Mol Microbiol (1997) 0.88

Multiple roles of the RNA polymerase beta subunit flap domain in sigma 54-dependent transcription. J Biol Chem (2002) 0.88

Trapping of a transcription complex using a new nucleotide analogue: AMP aluminium fluoride. J Mol Biol (2007) 0.86

Abortive cycling and the release of polymerase for elongation at the sigma 54-dependent glnAp2 promoter. J Biol Chem (1995) 0.85

A common feature from different subunits of a homomeric AAA+ protein contacts three spatially distinct transcription elements. Nucleic Acids Res (2012) 0.83

Structure of the RNA polymerase core-binding domain of sigma(54) reveals a likely conformational fracture point. J Mol Biol (2009) 0.82

Probing Zn2+-binding effects on the zinc-ribbon domain of human general transcription factor TFIIB. Biochem J (2004) 0.80

A perspective on the enhancer dependent bacterial RNA polymerase. Biomolecules (2015) 0.79

Genome wide interactions of wild-type and activator bypass forms of σ54. Nucleic Acids Res (2015) 0.79

Visualizing the organization and reorganization of transcription complexes for gene expression. Biochem Soc Trans (2008) 0.78

Transcription Regulation and Membrane Stress Management in Enterobacterial Pathogens. Adv Exp Med Biol (2016) 0.78