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