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  1. Structural basis of long-range transcription–translation coupling
  2. In transcription antitermination by Qλ, NusA induces refolding of Qλ to form a nozzle that extends the RNA polymerase RNA-exit channel
  3. Structural and mechanistic basis of reiterative transcription initiation
  4. Closing and opening of the RNA polymerase trigger loop
  5. Novel RNA polymerase inhibitor found in soil extracts provides hope for future antibacterial drugs
  6. Crystal structure of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase in complex with salinamide A
  7. Crystal structure of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase holoenzyme
  8. Crystal structure of Thermus thermophilus transcription initiation complex soaked with GE23077, ATP, and CMPcPP
  9. Crystal structure of Thermus thermophilus transcription initiation complex soaked with GE23077 and rifampicin
  10. Crystal structure of Thermus thermophilus RNA polymerase transcription initiation complex soaked with GE23077 and rifamycin SV
  11. Crystal structure of Thermus thermophilus transcription initiation complex soaked with GE23077
  12. Crystal structure of Thermus thermophilus pre-insertion substrate complex for de novo transcription initiation
  13. Crystal structure of Thermus thermophilus RNA polymerase holoenzyme in complex with GE23077
  14. Transcription inhibition by the depsipeptide antibiotic salinamide A
  15. GE23077 binds to the RNA polymerase ‘i’ and ‘i+1’ sites and prevents the binding of initiating nucleotides
  16. Structure of the DNA-Binding and RNA-Polymerase-Binding Region of Transcription Antitermination Factor λQ
  17. Crystal structure of antitermination protein Q from bacteriophage lambda. Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium target OR18A.
  18. The Transcription Bubble of the RNA Polymerase–Promoter Open Complex Exhibits Conformational Heterogeneity and Millisecond-Scale Dynamics: Implications for Transcription Start-Site Selection
  19. Flexibility in Transcription Start-Site Selection by RNA Polymerase Involves Transcription-Bubble Expansion (“Scrunching”) or Contraction (“Unscrunching”)
  20. Crystal structure of Thermus thermophilus transcription initiation complex
  21. Crystal structure of Thermus thermophilus transcription initiation complex containing 5-BrU at template-strand position +1
  22. Crystal structure of Thermus thermophilus transcription initiation complex containing 2 nt of RNA
  23. Structural Basis of Transcription Initiation
  24. Frequency, Spectrum, and Nonzero Fitness Costs of Resistance to Myxopyronin in Staphylococcus aureus
  25. Opening and Closing of the Bacterial RNA Polymerase Clamp
  26. Erratum to “Structure of the CAP–DNA Complex at 2.5 Å Resolution: A Complete Picture of the Protein–DNA Interface” [J. Mol. Biol. 260/3 (1996) 395–408]
  27. Special Issue: Mechanisms of Transcription
  28. New target for inhibition of bacterial RNA polymerase: ‘switch region’
  29. The Antibacterial Threaded-lasso Peptide Capistruin Inhibits Bacterial RNA Polymerase
  30. Antibiotic Production by Myxobacteria Plays a Role in Predation
  31. The Initiation Factor TFE and the Elongation Factor Spt4/5 Compete for the RNAP Clamp during Transcription Initiation and Elongation
  32. Azide-Specific Labeling of Biomolecules by Staudinger–Bertozzi Ligation
  33. Structures of RNA polymerase–antibiotic complexes
  34. Three-dimensional EM structure of an intact activator-dependent transcription initiation complex
  35. Direct Detection of Abortive RNA Transcripts in Vivo
  36. Structural basis for cAMP-mediated allosteric control of the catabolite activator protein
  37. Single-Molecule Analysis of Transcription
  38. Static and Kinetic Site-Specific Protein-DNA Photocrosslinking: Analysis of Bacterial Transcription Initiation Complexes
  39. The RNA Polymerase “Switch Region” Is a Target for Inhibitors
  40. Rifamycins do not function by allosteric modulation of binding of Mg 2+ to the RNA polymerase active center
  41. Nonradioactive, ultrasensitive site-specific protein-protein photocrosslinking: interactions of  -helix 2 of TATA-binding protein with general transcription factor TFIIA and transcriptional repressor NC2
  42. Systematic Structure-Activity Analysis of Microcin J25
  43. Upstream promoter sequences and αCTD mediate stable DNA wrapping within the RNA polymerase–promoter open complex
  44. Abortive Initiation and Productive Initiation by RNA Polymerase Involve DNA Scrunching
  45. Initial Transcription by RNA Polymerase Proceeds Through a DNA-Scrunching Mechanism
  46. Site-Specific Protein-DNA Photo-Cross-Linking: Analysis of Structural Organization of Protein-DNA and Multiprotein-DNA Complexes
  47. Dynamically driven protein allostery
  48. Thermodynamic and kinetic modeling of transcriptional pausing
  49. Indirect Readout of DNA Sequence at the Primary-kink Site in the CAP–DNA Complex: Recognition of Pyrimidine-Purine and Purine-Purine Steps
  50. Direct Observation of Abortive Initiation and Promoter Escape within Single Immobilized Transcription Complexes
  51. Retention of Transcription Initiation Factor σ70 in Transcription Elongation: Single-Molecule Analysis
  52. Inhibition of Bacterial RNA Polymerase by Streptolydigin: Stabilization of a Straight-Bridge-Helix Active-Center Conformation
  53. Accurate FRET Measurements within Single Diffusing Biomolecules Using Alternating-Laser Excitation
  54. The interaction between σ 70 and the β-flap of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase inhibits extension of nascent RNA during early elongation
  55. Single-molecule DNA nanomanipulation: Improved resolution through use of shorter DNA fragments
  56. Distance-Restrained Docking of Rifampicin and Rifamycin SV to RNA Polymerase Using Systematic FRET Measurements: Developing Benchmarks of Model Quality and Reliability
  57. Antibacterial Peptide Microcin J25 Inhibits Transcription by Binding within and Obstructing the RNA Polymerase Secondary Channel
  58. The σ70 subunit of RNA polymerase mediates a promoter-proximal pause at the lac promoter
  59. Promoter unwinding and promoter clearance by RNA polymerase: Detection by single-molecule DNA nanomanipulation
  60. Catabolite activator protein: DNA binding and transcription activation
  61. Structure of Antibacterial Peptide Microcin J25:  A 21-Residue Lariat Protoknot
  62. Functional Interaction between RNA Polymerase α Subunit C-Terminal Domain and σ70 in UP-Element- and Activator-Dependent Transcription
  63. Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) in Analysis of Transcription-Complex Structure and Function
  64. Single-Molecule DNA Nanomanipulation: Detection of Promoter-Unwinding Events by RNA Polymerase
  65. Determinants of the C-Terminal Domain of the Escherichia coli RNA Polymerase α Subunit Important for Transcription at Class I Cyclic AMP Receptor Protein-Dependent Promoters
  66. Structural Organization of Bacterial RNA Polymerase Holoenzyme and the RNA Polymerase-Promoter Open Complex
  67. Bioweapon agents: more access means more risk
  68. PROTEIN-DNA RECOGNITION AND DNA DEFORMATION REVEALED IN CRYSTAL STRUCTURES OF CAP-DNA COMPLEXES
  69. PROTEIN-DNA RECOGNITION AND DNA DEFORMATION REVEALED IN CRYSTAL STRUCTURES OF CAP-DNA COMPLEXES
  70. PROTEIN-DNA RECOGNITION AND DNA DEFORMATION REVEALED IN CRYSTAL STRUCTURES OF CAP-DNA COMPLEXES
  71. PROTEIN-DNA RECOGNITION AND DNA DEFORMATION REVEALED IN CRYSTAL STRUCTURES OF CAP-DNA COMPLEXES
  72. Site-Specific Incorporation of Fluorescent Probes into Protein:  Hexahistidine-Tag-Mediated Fluorescent Labeling with (Ni2+:Nitrilotriacetic Acid)n−Fluorochrome Conjugates
  73. Indirect readout of DNA sequence at the primary-kink site in the CAP-DNA complex: DNA binding specificity based on energetics of DNA kinking
  74. Indirect readout of DNA sequence at the primary-kink site in the CAP-DNA complex: alteration of DNA binding specificity through alteration of DNA kinking
  75. Mean DNA Bend Angle and Distribution of DNA Bend Angles in the CAP-DNA Complex in Solution
  76. Bacterial RNA polymerase subunit ω and eukaryotic RNA polymerase subunit RPB6 are sequence, structural, and functional homologs and promote RNA polymerase assembly
  77. RNA Polymerase: Structural Similarities Between Bacterial RNA Polymerase and Eukaryotic RNA Polymerase II
  78. Structural Organization of the RNA Polymerase-Promoter Open Complex
  79. Transcription activation by catabolite activator protein (CAP)
  80. Bacterial promoter architecture: subsite structure of UP elements and interactions with the carboxy-terminal domain of the RNA polymerase alpha subunit
  81. Orientation of OmpR monomers within an OmpR:DNA complex determined by DNA affinity cleaving 1 1Edited by K. Yamamoto
  82. Mutational analysis of a transcriptional activation region of the VP16 protein of herpes simplex virus
  83. RNA Polymerase-DNA Interaction: Structures of Intermediate, Open, and Elongation Complexes
  84. New core promoter element in RNA polymerase II-dependent transcription: sequence-specific DNA binding by transcription factor IIB
  85. Mechanisms of Viral Activators
  86. The RNA Polymerase II General Transcription Factors: Past, Present, and Future
  87. Trajectory of DNA in the RNA polymerase II transcription preinitiation complex
  88. Transcription activation at Class II CAP‐dependent promoters
  89. Aromatic hydrogen bond in sequence-specific protein DNA recognition
  90. High-resolution mapping of nucleoprotein complexes by site-specific protein-DNA photocrosslinking: organization of the human TBP-TFIIA-TFIIB-DNA quaternary complex.
  91. Determinants of RNA polymerase alpha subunit for interaction with beta, beta', and sigma subunits: hydroxyl-radical protein footprinting.
  92. STRUCTURE OF THE CAP-DNA COMPLEX AT 2.5 ANGSTROMS RESOLUTION: A COMPLETE PICTURE OF THE PROTEIN-DNA INTERFACE
  93. Structure of the CAP-DNA Complex at 2.5 Å Resolution: A Complete Picture of the Protein-DNA Interface
  94. A single substitution in the putative helix‐turn‐helix motif of the pleiotropic activator PrfA attenuates Listeria monocytogenes virulence
  95. Protein-protein interactions in eukaryotic transcription initiation: structure of the preinitiation complex.
  96. S-[2-(4-Azidosalicylamido)ethylthio]-2-thiopyridine:  Radioiodinatable, Cleavable, Photoactivatible Cross-Linking Agent
  97. Structure of the LexA Repressor−DNA Complex Probed by Affinity Cleavage and Affinity Photo-Cross-Linking
  98. [10] Escherichia coli RNA polymerase holoenzyme: Rapid reconstitution from recombinant α, β, β′, and σ subunits
  99. Fluorescence anisotropy: Rapid, quantitative assay for protein-DNA and protein-protein interaction
  100. Artificial Sequence-Specific DNA Binding Peptides:  Branched-Chain Basic Regions
  101. DNA-binding determinants of the alpha subunit of RNA polymerase: novel DNA-binding domain architecture.
  102. Rapid RNA polymerase genetics: one-day, no-column preparation of reconstituted recombinant Escherichia coli RNA polymerase.
  103. The Escherichia coli RNA polymerase α subunit: structure and function
  104. Location, structure, and function of the target of a transcriptional activator protein.
  105. Characterization of the activating region of Escherichia coli catabolite gene activator protein (CAP) I. Saturation and alanine-scanning mutagenesis
  106. Characterization of the activating region of Escherichia coli catabolite gene activator protein (CAP) II. Role at class I and class II CAP-dependent promoters
  107. Domain organization of RNA polymerase α subunit: C-terminal 85 amino acids constitute a domain capable of dimerization and DNA binding
  108. High-specificity DNA cleavage agent: design and application to kilobase and megabase DNA substrates
  109. Identification of the target of a transcription activator protein by protein-protein photocrosslinking
  110. DNA affinity cleaving analysis of homeodomain-DNA interaction: identification of homeodomain consensus sites in genomic DNA.
  111. CAP interacts with RNA polymerase in solution in the absence of promoter DNA
  112. Identification of the activating region of catabolite gene activator protein (CAP): isolation and characterization of mutants of CAP specifically defective in transcription activation.
  113. Transcription activation at Class I CAP‐dependent promoters
  114. N-(Iodoacetyl)-p-phenylenediamine-EDTA: A reagent for high-efficiency incorporation of an EDTA-metal complex at a rationally selected site within a protein
  115. Identification of the functional subunit of a dimeric transcription activator protein by use of oriented heterodimers
  116. Incorporation of an EDTA-metal complex at a rationally selected site within a protein: application to EDTA-iron DNA affinity cleaving with catabolite gene activator protein (CAP) and Cro
  117. Determination of the orientation of a DNA binding motif in a protein-DNA complex by photocrosslinking.
  118. Identification of an amino acid–base contact in the GCN4–DNA complex by bromouracil-mediated photocrosslinking
  119. Corrected nucleotide sequence of M13mp18 gene III
  120. Derivatives of CAP Having No Solvent-Accessible Cysteine Residues, or Having a Unique Solvent-Accessible Cysteine Residue at Amino Acid 2 of the Helix-Turn-Helix Motif
  121. [30] Identification of amino acid—base pair contacts by genetic methods
  122. Random mutagenesis of gene-sized DNA molecules by use of PCR with Taq DNA polymerase
  123. Orientation of the Lac repressor DNA binding domain in complex with the left lac operator half site characterized by affinity cleaving
  124. Identification of a contact between arginine-180 of the catabolite gene activator protein (CAP) and base pair 5 of the DNA site in the CAP-DNA complex.
  125. Conversion of a helix-turn-helix motif sequence-specific DNA binding protein into a site-specific DNA cleavage agent.
  126. DNA-sequence recognition by CAP: role of the adenine N 6 atom of base pair 6 of the DNA site
  127. Lysine 188 of the catabolite gene activator protein (CAP) plays no role in specificity at base pair 7 of the DNA half site
  128. Consensus DNA site for the Escherichia coli catabolite gene activator protein (CAP): CAP exhibits a 450-fold higher affinity for the consensus DNA site than for the E.coli lac DNA site
  129. Role of glutamic acid-181 in DNA-sequence recognition by the catabolite gene activator protein (CAP) of Escherichia coli: altered DNA-sequence-recognition properties of [Val181]CAP and [Leu181]CAP.
  130. Classical genetics and site directed mutagenesis in the study of the specific interaction with DNA of CAP, the cyclic AMP receptor protein in E. coli K 12
  131. Evidence for a contact between glutamine-18 of lac repressor and base pair 7 of lac operator.
  132. Use of “Loss-of-Contact” Substitutions to Identify Residues Involved in an Amino Acid-Base Pair Contact: Effect of Substitution of Gln18 of Lac Repressor by Gly, Ser, and Leu
  133. The catabolite gene activator protein (CAP) is not required for indole-3-acetic acid to activate transcription of the araBAD operon of Escherichia coli K-12
  134. Analogs of cyclic AMP that elicit the biochemically defined conformational change in catabolite gene activator protein (CAP) but do not stimulate binding to DNA
  135. Molecular basis of DNA sequence recognition by the catabolite gene activator protein: detailed inferences from three mutations that alter DNA sequence specificity.
  136. Mutations that alter the DNA sequence specificity of the catabolite gene activator protein of E. coli
  137. Steroid Hormone Action Interpreted from X-Ray Crystallographic Studies
  138. Mechanism for transcriptional action of cyclic AMP in Escherichia coli: entry into DNA to disrupt DNA secondary structure.
  139. Site-Specific Protein-DNA Photocrosslinking: Analysis of Bacterial Transcription Initiation Complexes
  140. Conversion Of Helix-turn-helix Motif Sequence-specific DNA Binding Proteins Into Site-specific DNA Cleavage Agents