In the ancient anaerobic environment, ferrous iron (Fe2+) was one of the first metal
cofactors. Oxygenation of the ancient world challenged bacteria to acquire the insoluble …

Bacteria use their genetic material with great effectiveness to make the right products in the
correct amounts at the appropriate time. Studying bacterial transcription initiation in …

The recruitment model for gene activation stipulates that an activator works by bringing the
transcriptional machinery to the DNA. Recent experiments in bacteria and yeast indicate that …

The structure, function and reactions of nucleic acids are central to molecular biology and
are crucial for the understanding of complex biological processes involved. Revised and …

The ArC/XylS family of prokaryotic positive transcriptional regulators includes more than 100
proteins and polypeptides derived from open reading frames translated from DNA …

Transcription activation by Escherichia coli catabolite activator protein (CAP) at each of two
classes of simple CAP-dependent promoters is understood in structural and mechanistic …

The general transcription factors of RNA polymerase II. Publisher Logo Genes &
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Bacteria use a variety of mechanisms to direct RNA polymerase to specific promoters in
order to activate transcription in response to growth signals or environmental cues …

A colony morphology type is described in which cells of Salmonella typhimurium form a rigid
multicellular network with expression of thin aggregative fimbriae that mediate tight …

A sequence element located immediately upstream of the TATA element, and having the
consensus sequence 5′-G/CG/CG/ACGCC-3′, affects the ability of transcription factor IIB …