The alpha subunit of RNA polymerase and transcription antitermination

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 839-851

  Schauer, Alan T ^a   Cheng, Sheau Wei C ^a   Zheng, Chuanhai ^a,c   St Pierre, Linda ^a   Alessi, Diane ^a,d   Hidayetoglu, Debra L ^a,d   Costantino, Nina ^b   Court, Donald L ^b   Friedman, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE ALPHA SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COLIPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NUS GENE; RPOA GENE; TRANSCRIPTION ANTITERMINATION; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029745348     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.451409.x     Document Type: Article

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