High resolution mapping of E.Coli transcription elongation complex in situ reveals protein interactions with the non-transcribed strand

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 5397-5407

  Guérin, Martine ^a   Leng, Marc ^a   Rahmouni, A Rachid ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

E.coli RNA polymerase; In situ chemical probing; Transcription elongation complex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENHANCER REGION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REPRESSOR GENE; RNA TRANSLATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029814614     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00923.x     Document Type: Article

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