Nucleic Acids Research, Vol 25, Issue 4 713-718, Copyright © 1997 by Oxford University Press
D Negre, C Bonod-Bidaud, C Oudot, JF Prost, A Kolb, A Ishihama, AJ Cozzone and JC Cortay
The specific interaction of the upstream element-containing promoter of the
Escherichia coli acetate operon with either the RNA polymerase holoenzyme
or its alpha subunit has been analyzed by the base removal method. Our
results indicate that: (i) direct and specific base contacts can be
detected in the acetate promoter-alpha subunit complex; (ii) base
elimination in the upstream element of the acetate promoter enhances the
binding of RNA polymerase. A similar effect is observed when studying the
interactions between RNA polymerase and the rrnB ribosomal operon P1
promoter.
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DNA flexibility of the UP element is a major determinant for transcriptional activation at the Escherichia coli acetate promoter
Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Proteines, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Lyon, France.
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