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. 2018 Dec 11;115(50):12550-12552.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1818361115. Epub 2018 Nov 29.

Puzzling conformational changes affecting proteins binding to the RNA polymerase

Llorenç Fernández-Coll  1 , Katarzyna Potrykus  2 , Michael Cashel  3
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Puzzling conformational changes affecting proteins binding to the RNA polymerase

Llorenç Fernández-Coll et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
Structural modifications of DksA by pH (19) or oxidation (6, 7) that may change its ability to bind RNAP. The presence of DksA2 depends on the presence of Zn in the media (17, 18). (p)ppGpp binding sites are labeled with red stars (–15).
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