Transcription

Parent categories	3. Information processing 3.2. RNA synthesis and degradation
Neighbouring categories	3.2.1. Transcription 3.2.2. RNA chaperones 3.2.3. DEAD-box RNA helicases 3.2.4. RNases
Related categories	sigma factors RNA polymerase
Overview on the categories (Excel file) All genes and their categories (Excel file)

Genes in this functional category

RNA polymerase

• rpoA
• rpoB
• rpoC
• rpoE
• ykzG
• yloH

Sigma factors

• SigA: housekeeping sigma factor
• SigB: general stress sigma factor
• SigD: sigma factor for chemotaxis and motility genes
• SigE: early mother cell-specific sporulation sigma factor
• SigF: early forespore-specific sporulation sigma factor
• SigG: late forespore-specific sporulation sigma factor
• SigH: sigma factor that controls genes of the transition phase
• SigI:
• SigK: late mother cell-specific sporulation sigma factor
• SigL: enhancer-dependent sigma factor (Sigma-54 family)
• SigM: ECF sigma factor, controls genes required at high salt concentrations
• SigV: ECF sigma factor
• SigW: ECF sigma factor, mediates the transcriptional response to cell wall stress PubMed
• SigX: ECF sigma factor
• SigY: ECF sigma factor
• SigZ: ECF sigma factor
• Xpf
• YlaC
• YvrI-YvrH: (composite sigma factor)

Transcription elongation/ termination

• greA
• mfd
• nusA
• nusB
• nusG
• rho

Important publications

Houra Merrikh, Cristina Machón, William H Grainger, Alan D Grossman, Panos Soultanas
Co-directional replication-transcription conflicts lead to replication restart.
Nature: 2011, 470(7335);554-7
[PubMed:21350489] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Reviews

Evgeny Nudler
RNA polymerase active center: the molecular engine of transcription.
Annu Rev Biochem: 2009, 78;335-61
[PubMed:19489723] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

P J Lewis, G P Doherty, J Clarke
Transcription factor dynamics.
Microbiology (Reading): 2008, 154(Pt 7);1837-1844
[PubMed:18599813] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Tanja M Gruber, Carol A Gross
Multiple sigma subunits and the partitioning of bacterial transcription space.
Annu Rev Microbiol: 2003, 57;441-66
[PubMed:14527287] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Sergei Borukhov, Konstantin Severinov
Role of the RNA polymerase sigma subunit in transcription initiation.
Res Microbiol: 2002, 153(9);557-62
[PubMed:12455702] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Paul Gollnick, Paul Babitzke
Transcription attenuation.
Biochim Biophys Acta: 2002, 1577(2);240-50
[PubMed:12213655] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

John D Helmann
The extracytoplasmic function (ECF) sigma factors.
Adv Microb Physiol: 2002, 46;47-110
[PubMed:12073657] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

E Nudler
Transcription elongation: structural basis and mechanisms.
J Mol Biol: 1999, 288(1);1-12
[PubMed:10329121] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

W G Haldenwang
The sigma factors of Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiol Rev: 1995, 59(1);1-30
[PubMed:7708009] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)