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Wilma Ross

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Wilma Ross; Patricia Sanchez-Vazquez; Catherine E Vrentas; Tamas Gaal; Richard L Gourse
The Magic Spot: A ppGpp Binding Site on E. coli RNA Polymerase Responsible for Regulation of Transcription Initiation.
Christopher W Lennon; Stephen Martin-Tumasz; Wilma Ross; Steven T Rutherford; Innokenti Toulokhonov; Catherine E Vrentas; Samuel E Butcher; Jeong-Hyun Lee; Richard L Gourse
Direct interactions between the coiled-coil tip of DksA and the trigger loop of RNA polymerase mediate transcriptional regulation.
Justin J Lemke; Patricia Sanchez-Vazquez; Hector L Burgos; Gina Hedberg; Wilma Ross; Richard L Gourse
Direct regulation of Escherichia coli ribosomal protein promoters by the transcription factors ppGpp and DksA.

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2013: Wilma Ross; Patricia Sanchez-Vazquez; Catherine E Vrentas; Tamas Gaal; Richard L Gourse
The Magic Spot: A ppGpp Binding Site on E. coli RNA Polymerase Responsible for Regulation of Transcription Initiation.
Molecular cell 2013;50(3):420-9.
2012: Christopher W Lennon; Stephen Martin-Tumasz; Wilma Ross; Steven T Rutherford; Innokenti Toulokhonov; Catherine E Vrentas; Samuel E Butcher; Jeong-Hyun Lee; Richard L Gourse
Direct interactions between the coiled-coil tip of DksA and the trigger loop of RNA polymerase mediate transcriptional regulation.
Genes & development 2012;26(23):2634-46.
2011: Justin J Lemke; Patricia Sanchez-Vazquez; Hector L Burgos; Gina Hedberg; Wilma Ross; Richard L Gourse
Direct regulation of Escherichia coli ribosomal protein promoters by the transcription factors ppGpp and DksA.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2011;108(14):5712-7.
2009: Christopher W Lennon; Tamas Gaal; Wilma Ross; Richard L Gourse
Escherichia coli DksA binds to Free RNA polymerase with higher affinity than to RNA polymerase in an open complex.
Journal of bacteriology 2009;191(18):5854-8.
2009: Steven T Rutherford; Courtney L Villers; Jeong-Hyun Lee; Wilma Ross; Richard L Gourse
Allosteric control of Escherichia coli rRNA promoter complexes by DksA.
Genes & development 2009;23(2):236-48.
2008: Shanil P Haugen; Wilma Ross; Richard L Gourse
Advances in bacterial promoter recognition and its control by factors that do not bind DNA.
Nature reviews. Microbiology 2008;6(7):507-19.
2008: Catherine E Vrentas; Tamas Gaal; Melanie B Berkmen; Steven T Rutherford; Shanil P Haugen; Dmitry G Vassylyev; Wilma Ross; Richard L Gourse
Still looking for the magic spot: the crystallographically defined binding site for ppGpp on RNA polymerase is unlikely to be responsible for rRNA transcription regulation.
Journal of molecular biology 2008;377(2):551-64.
2008: Shanil P Haugen; Wilma Ross; Michele Manrique; Richard L Gourse
Fine structure of the promoter-sigma region 1.2 interaction.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2008;105(9):3292-7.
2007: Steven T Rutherford; Justin J Lemke; Catherine E Vrentas; Tamas Gaal; Wilma Ross; Richard L Gourse
Effects of DksA, GreA, and GreB on transcription initiation: insights into the mechanisms of factors that bind in the secondary channel of RNA polymerase.
Journal of molecular biology 2007;366(4):1243-57.
2006: Mariam Quinones; Harvey H Kimsey; Wilma Ross; Richard L Gourse; Matthew K Waldor
LexA represses CTXphi transcription by blocking access of the alpha C-terminal domain of RNA polymerase to promoter DNA.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2006;281(51):39407-12.
2006: Richard L Gourse; Wilma Ross; Steven T Rutherford
General pathway for turning on promoters transcribed by RNA polymerases containing alternative sigma factors.
Journal of bacteriology 2006;188(13):4589-91.
2006: Shanil P Haugen; Melanie B Berkmen; Wilma Ross; Tamas Gaal; Christopher Ward; Richard L Gourse
rRNA promoter regulation by nonoptimal binding of sigma region 1.2: an additional recognition element for RNA polymerase.
Cell 2006;125(6):1069-82.
2005: Catherine E Vrentas; Tamas Gaal; Wilma Ross; Richard H. Ebright; Richard L Gourse
Response of RNA polymerase to ppGpp: requirement for the omega subunit and relief of this requirement by DksA.
Genes & development 2005;19(19):2378-87.
2005: Wilma Ross; Richard L Gourse
Sequence-independent upstream DNA-alphaCTD interactions strongly stimulate Escherichia coli RNA polymerase-lacUV5 promoter association.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2005;102(2):291-6.
2004: Selvi Kunnimalaiyaan; Ricardo Krüger; Wilma Ross; Sheryl A Rakowski; Marcin Filutowicz
Binding modes of the initiator and inhibitor forms of the replication protein pi to the gamma ori iteron of plasmid R6K.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2004;279(39):41058-66.
2004: Brian J Paul; Melanie M Barker; Wilma Ross; David A Schneider; Cathy Webb; John W Foster; Richard L Gourse
DksA: a critical component of the transcription initiation machinery that potentiates the regulation of rRNA promoters by ppGpp and the initiating NTP.
Cell 2004;118(3):311-22.
2004: Brian J Paul; Wilma Ross; Tamas Gaal; Richard L Gourse
rRNA transcription in Escherichia coli.
Annual review of genetics 2004;38():749-70.
2003: Wilma Ross; David A Schneider; Brian J Paul; Aaron Mertens; Richard L Gourse
An intersubunit contact stimulating transcription initiation by E coli RNA polymerase: interaction of the alpha C-terminal domain and sigma region 4.
Genes & development 2003;17(10):1293-307.
2003: David A Schneider; Wilma Ross; Richard L Gourse
Control of rRNA expression in Escherichia coli.
Current opinion in microbiology 2003;6(2):151-6.
2002: Sarah E Aiyar; Sarah M McLeod; Wilma Ross; Christine A Hirvonen; Mark S Thomas; Reid C Johnson; Richard L Gourse
Architecture of Fis-activated transcription complexes at the Escherichia coli rrnB P1 and rrnE P1 promoters.
Journal of molecular biology 2002;316(3):501-16.
2001: Tamas Gaal; Wilma Ross; ST Estrem; L H Nguyen; Richard R Burgess; Richard L Gourse
Promoter recognition and discrimination by EsigmaS RNA polymerase.
Molecular microbiology 2001;42(4):939-54.
2001: Christine A Hirvonen; Wilma Ross; C E Wozniak; Erin Marasco; Jennifer R Anthony; Sarah E Aiyar; V H Newburn; Richard L Gourse
Contributions of UP elements and the transcription factor FIS to expression from the seven rrn P1 promoters in Escherichia coli.
Journal of bacteriology 2001;183(21):6305-14.
2001: Wilma Ross; A Ernst; Richard L Gourse
Fine structure of E. coli RNA polymerase-promoter interactions: alpha subunit binding to the UP element minor groove.
Genes & development 2001;15(5):491-506.
2000: Richard L Gourse; Wilma Ross; Tamas Gaal
UPs and downs in bacterial transcription initiation: the role of the alpha subunit of RNA polymerase in promoter recognition.
Molecular microbiology 2000;37(4):687-95.
2000: MS Bartlett; Tamas Gaal; Wilma Ross; Richard L Gourse
Regulation of rRNA transcription is remarkably robust: FIS compensates for altered nucleoside triphosphate sensing by mutant RNA polymerases at Escherichia coli rrn P1 promoters.
Journal of bacteriology 2000;182(7):1969-77.
1999: ST Estrem; Wilma Ross; Tamas Gaal; Z W Chen; W Niu; Richard H. Ebright; Richard L Gourse
Bacterial promoter architecture: subsite structure of UP elements and interactions with the carboxy-terminal domain of the RNA polymerase alpha subunit.
Genes & development 1999;13(16):2134-47.
1999: Wilma Ross; J Salomon; W M Holmes; Richard L Gourse
Activation of Escherichia coli leuV transcription by FIS.
Journal of bacteriology 1999;181(12):3864-8.
1998: Sarah E Aiyar; Richard L Gourse; Wilma Ross
Upstream A-tracts increase bacterial promoter activity through interactions with the RNA polymerase alpha subunit.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1998;95(25):14652-7.
1998: Wilma Ross; Sarah E Aiyar; J Salomon; Richard L Gourse
Escherichia coli promoters with UP elements of different strengths: modular structure of bacterial promoters.
Journal of bacteriology 1998;180(20):5375-83.
1998: ST Estrem; Tamas Gaal; Wilma Ross; Richard L Gourse
Identification of an UP element consensus sequence for bacterial promoters.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1998;95(17):9761-6.
1998: Nigel J Savery; Georgina S Lloyd; M Kainz; Tamas Gaal; Wilma Ross; Richard H. Ebright; Richard L Gourse; Stephen J W Busby
Transcription activation at Class II CRP-dependent promoters: identification of determinants in the C-terminal domain of the RNA polymerase alpha subunit.
The EMBO journal 1998;17(12):3439-47.
1998: MS Bartlett; Tamas Gaal; Wilma Ross; Richard L Gourse
RNA polymerase mutants that destabilize RNA polymerase-promoter complexes alter NTP-sensing by rrn P1 promoters.
Journal of molecular biology 1998;279(2):331-45.
1998: J A Appleman; Wilma Ross; J Salomon; Richard L Gourse
Activation of Escherichia coli rRNA transcription by FIS during a growth cycle.
Journal of bacteriology 1998;180(6):1525-32.
1998: Richard L Gourse; Tamas Gaal; Sarah E Aiyar; Melanie M Barker; ST Estrem; Christine A Hirvonen; Wilma Ross
Strength and regulation without transcription factors: lessons from bacterial rRNA promoters.
Cold Spring Harbor symposia on quantitative biology 1998;63():131-9.
1997: Tamas Gaal; MS Bartlett; Wilma Ross; C L Turnbough; Richard L Gourse
Transcription regulation by initiating NTP concentration: rRNA synthesis in bacteria.
Science (New York, N.Y.) 1997;278(5346):2092-7.
1997: Paolo Landini; Tamas Gaal; Wilma Ross; Michael R Volkert
The RNA polymerase alpha subunit carboxyl-terminal domain is required for both basal and activated transcription from the alkA promoter.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1997;272(25):15914-9.
1997: A J Bokal; Wilma Ross; Tamas Gaal; Reid C Johnson; Richard L Gourse
Molecular anatomy of a transcription activation patch: FIS-RNA polymerase interactions at the Escherichia coli rrnB P1 promoter.
The EMBO journal 1997;16(1):154-62.
1996: Richard L Gourse; Tamas Gaal; M S Bartlett; J A Appleman; Wilma Ross
rRNA transcription and growth rate-dependent regulation of ribosome synthesis in Escherichia coli.
Annual review of microbiology 1996;50():645-77.
1996: Tamas Gaal; Wilma Ross; E E Blatter; H Tang; X Jia; Viswanathan V Krishnan; Nuria Assa-Munt; Richard H. Ebright; Richard L Gourse
DNA-binding determinants of the alpha subunit of RNA polymerase: novel DNA-binding domain architecture.
Genes & development 1996;10(1):16-26.
1995: A J Bokal; Wilma Ross; Richard L Gourse
The transcriptional activator protein FIS: DNA interactions and cooperative interactions with RNA polymerase at the Escherichia coli rrnB P1 promoter.
Journal of molecular biology 1995;245(3):197-207.
1994: L Rao; Wilma Ross; J A Appleman; Tamas Gaal; S Leirmo; P J Schlax; M Thomas Record; Richard L Gourse
Factor independent activation of rrnB P1. An "extended" promoter with an upstream element that dramatically increases promoter strength.
Journal of molecular biology 1994;235(5):1421-35.
1993: Wilma Ross; K K Gosink; J Salomon; K Igarashi; C Zou; A Ishihama; K Severinov; Richard L Gourse
A third recognition element in bacterial promoters: DNA binding by the alpha subunit of RNA polymerase.
Science (New York, N.Y.) 1993;262(5138):1407-13.
1993: K K Gosink; Wilma Ross; S Leirmo; R Osuna; S E Finkel; Reid C Johnson; Richard L Gourse
DNA binding and bending are necessary but not sufficient for Fis-dependent activation of rrnB P1.
Journal of bacteriology 1993;175(6):1580-9.
1992: J T Newlands; C A Josaitis; Wilma Ross; Richard L Gourse
Both fis-dependent and factor-independent upstream activation of the rrnB P1 promoter are face of the helix dependent.
Nucleic acids research 1992;20(4):719-26.
1992: Marcin Filutowicz; Wilma Ross; J Wild; Richard L Gourse
Involvement of Fis protein in replication of the Escherichia coli chromosome.
Journal of bacteriology 1992;174(2):398-407.
1991: J T Newlands; Wilma Ross; K K Gosink; Richard L Gourse
Factor-independent activation of Escherichia coli rRNA transcription. II. characterization of complexes of rrnB P1 promoters containing or lacking the upstream activator region with Escherichia coli RNA polymerase.
Journal of molecular biology 1991;220(3):569-83.
1990: Wilma Ross; J F Thompson; J T Newlands; Richard L Gourse
E.coli Fis protein activates ribosomal RNA transcription in vitro and in vivo.
The EMBO journal 1990;9(11):3733-42.
1990: C A Josaitis; Tamas Gaal; Wilma Ross; Richard L Gourse
Sequences upstream of the-35 hexamer of rrnB P1 affect promoter strength and upstream activation.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1990;1050(1-3):307-11.