UW-Madison | Dept of Bacteriology

Richard L. Gourse

5470 Microbial Sciences Building
1550 Linden Drive
(608) 262-9813
rgourse@bact.wisc.edu

Link to PubMed for all publications

Rutherford ST, Villers CL, Lee JH, Ross W, Gourse RL. 2009.
Allosteric control of Escherichia coli rRNA promoter complexes by
DksA. Genes Dev. 23:236-48.
Ross W, Gourse RL. 2009. Analysis of RNA polymerase-promoter
complex formation. Methods 47:13-24.
Lamour V, Rutherford ST, Kuznedelov K, Ramagopal UA, Gourse RL, Severinov K, Darst SA. 2008. Crystal structure of Escherichia coli Rnk, a new RNA polymerase-interacting protein. J Mol Biol. 383:367-79.
Haugen SP, Ross W, Gourse RL. 2008. Advances in bacterial promoter
recognition and its control by factors that do not bind DNA. Nat Rev
Microbiol. 6:507-19.
Vrentas CE, Gaal T, Berkmen MB, Rutherford ST, Haugen SP, Ross W, Gourse RL. 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. J Mol Biol. 2008 377:551-64.
Haugen SP, Ross W, Manrique M, Gourse RL. Fine structure of the promoter-sigma region 1.2 interaction. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 105:3292-7.
Gourse RL, Keck JL. Magic spots cast a spell on DNA primase. Cell. 2007 128:823-4.
Rutherford ST, Lemke JJ, Vrentas CE, Gaal T, Ross W, Gourse RL. Effects of DksA, GreA, and GreB on transcription initiation: insights into the mechanisms of factors that bind in the secondary channel of RNA polymerase. J Mol Biol. 2007 366:1243-57.