Catherine E. Vrentas

The Magic Spot: A ppGpp Binding Site on E. coli RNA Polymerase Responsible for Regulation of Transcription Initiation

Wilma Ross, Catherine E. Vrentas, Patricia Sanchez‐Vazquez et al. · Molecular Cell · 2013 · 278 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +13

Effects of DksA, GreA, and GreB on Transcription Initiation: Insights into the Mechanisms of Factors that Bind in the Secondary Channel of RNA Polymerase

Steven T. Rutherford, Justin J. Lemke, Catherine E. Vrentas et al. · Journal of Molecular Biology · 2006 · 124 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +15

Response of RNA polymerase to ppGpp: requirement for the ω subunit and relief of this requirement by DksA

Catherine E. Vrentas, Tamás Gaál, Wilma Ross et al. · Genes & Development · 2005 · 104 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +12

Direct interactions between the coiled-coil tip of DksA and the trigger loop of RNA polymerase mediate transcriptional regulation

Christopher W. Lennon, Wilma Ross, Stephen Martin-Tumasz et al. · Genes & Development · 2012 · 81 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +17

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

Catherine E. Vrentas, Tamás Gaál, Melanie B. Berkmen et al. · Journal of Molecular Biology · 2008 · 80 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +9