Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
3R01GM031808-09S1
Application #
3280127
Study Section
Microbial Physiology and Genetics Subcommittee 2 (MBC)
Project Start
1983-04-01
Project End
1995-08-31
Budget Start
1992-09-01
Budget End
1993-08-31
Support Year
9
Fiscal Year
1993
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Case Western Reserve University
Department
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
077758407
City
Cleveland
State
OH
Country
United States
Zip Code
44106
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Cook, Victoria M; Dehaseth, Pieter L (2007) Strand opening-deficient Escherichia coli RNA polymerase facilitates investigation of closed complexes with promoter DNA: effects of DNA sequence and temperature. J Biol Chem 282:21319-26
Schroeder, Lisa A; Choi, Ae-Jin; DeHaseth, Pieter L (2007) The -11A of promoter DNA and two conserved amino acids in the melting region of sigma70 both directly affect the rate limiting step in formation of the stable RNA polymerase-promoter complex, but they do not necessarily interact. Nucleic Acids Res 35:4141-53
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