In vitro analysis of elongation and termination by mutant RNA polymerases with altered termination behavior

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 6468-6476

  Shaaban, Salam A ^a   Bobkova, Ekaterina V ^a   Chudzik, David M ^a   Hall, Benjamin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; ELONGATION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA STRAND; DNA TEMPLATE; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA BINDING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

EID: 0029824444     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.11.6468     Document Type: Article

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