The whole set of the constitutive promoters recognized by four minor sigma subunits of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase.

The promoter selectivity of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase (RNAP) is determined by the sigma subunit. The model prokaryote Escherichia coli K-12 contains seven species of the sigma subunit, each recognizing a specific set of promoters. For identification of the "constitutive promoters" th...

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Main Authors: Tomohiro Shimada, Kan Tanaka, Akira Ishihama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5493296?pdf=render