Further reading and additional information: sigma54

Please see these review articles in scientific journals:
  1. Studholme DJ, Dixon R. Domain architectures of sigma54-dependent transcriptional activators. J Bacteriol. 2003 Mar;185(6):1757-67.
  2. Dombrecht B, Marchal K, Vanderleyden J, Michiels J. Prediction and overview of the RpoN-regulon in closely related species of the Rhizobiales. Genome Biol. 2002;3(12):RESEARCH0076.
  3. Reitzer L, Schneider BL. Metabolic context and possible physiological themes of sigma54-dependent genes in Escherichia coli. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 2001 Sep;65(3):422-44.
  4. Xu H, Hoover TR. Transcriptional regulation at a distance in bacteria. Curr Opin Microbiol. 2001 Apr;4(2):138-44.
  5. Buck M, Gallegos MT, Studholme DJ, Guo Y, Gralla JD. The bacterial enhancer-dependent sigma54 (sigmaN) transcription factor. J Bacteriol. 2000 Aug;182(15):4129-36.
  6. Studholme DJ, Buck M. The biology of enhancer-dependent transcriptional regulation in bacteria: insights from genome sequences. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2000 May 1;186(1):1-9.
  7. Shingler V. Signal sensing by sigma54-dependent regulators: derepression as a control mechanism. Mol Microbiol. 1996 Feb;19(3):409-16.
  8. Goosen N, van de Putte P. The regulation of transcription initiation by integration host factor. Mol Microbiol. 1995 Apr;16(1):1-7.
  9. Merrick MJ. In a class of its own--the RNA polymerase sigma factor sigma54 (sigmaN). Mol Microbiol. 1993 Dec;10(5):903-9.
  10. Morett E, Segovia L. The sigma54 bacterial enhancer-binding protein family: mechanism of action and phylogenetic relationship of their functional domains. J Bacteriol. 1993 Oct;175(19):6067-74.
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