Bacterial Sigma Factors: A Historical, Structural, and Genomic Perspective

Promoter melting by an alternative σ, one base at a time

(2014) Seth A Darst et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Structural basis for −10 promoter element melting by environmentally induced sigma factors

(2014) Sébastien Campagne et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

RNA polymerase: in search of promoters

(2013) Andrey Feklistov   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Design of orthogonal genetic switches based on a crosstalk map of  s, anti- s, and promoters

(2013) V. A. Rhodius et al.   Molecular Systems Biology

Phage T7 Gp2 inhibition of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase involves misappropriation of  70 domain 1.1

(2013) B. Bae et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Duplex interrogation by a direct DNA repair protein in search of base damage

(2012) Chengqi Yi et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Chlamydia trachomatis protein GrgA activates transcription by contacting the nonconserved region of  66

(2012) X. Bao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Structural Basis of Transcription Initiation

(2012) Y. Zhang et al.   SCIENCE

Extracytoplasmic function σ factors of the widely distributed group ECF41 contain a fused regulatory domain

(2012) Tina Wecke et al.   MicrobiologyOpen

Structural Basis for Promoter −10 Element Recognition by the Bacterial RNA Polymerase σ Subunit

(2011) Andrey Feklistov et al.   CELL

σ70-dependent Transcription Pausing in Escherichia coli

(2011) Sarah A. Perdue et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Mechanism of Bacterial Transcription Initiation: RNA Polymerase - Promoter Binding, Isomerization to Initiation-Competent Open Complexes, and Initiation of RNA Synthesis

(2011) Ruth M. Saecker et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Predicting the strength of UP-elements and full-length E. coli σE promoters

(2011) Virgil A. Rhodius et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Promoter melting triggered by bacterial RNA polymerase occurs in three steps

(2010) Jie Chen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Predicting strength and function for promoters of the Escherichia coli alternative sigma factor,  E

(2010) V. A. Rhodius et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reduced capacity of alternative  s to melt promoters ensures stringent promoter recognition

(2009) B.-M. Koo et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Regulator Trafficking on Bacterial Transcription Units In Vivo

(2009) Rachel A. Mooney et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Mutational analysis ofEscherichia coliσ28and its target promoters reveals recognition of a composite −10 region, comprised of an ‘extended −10’ motif and a core −10 element

(2009) Byoung-Mo Koo et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Dissection of recognition determinants ofEscherichia coliσ32suggests a composite −10 region with an ‘extended −10’ motif and a core −10 element

(2009) Byoung-Mo Koo et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The third pillar of bacterial signal transduction: classification of the extracytoplasmic function (ECF) σ factor protein family

(2009) Anna Staroń et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The MiST2 database: a comprehensive genomics resource on microbial signal transduction

(2009) Luke E. Ulrich et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Biology, one molecule at a time

(2009) Achillefs N. Kapanidis et al.   TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES

A Full-Length Group 1 Bacterial Sigma Factor Adopts a Compact Structure Incompatible with DNA Binding

(2008) Edmund C. Schwartz et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

Synthesis and Structure of Duplex DNA Containing the Genotoxic Nucleobase Lesion N7-Methylguanine

(2008) Seongmin Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY