The C-terminal domain revealed in the structure of RNA polymerase II

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 258, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 413-419

  Meredith, Gavin D ^a   Chang, Wei Hau ^a   Li, Yang ^a   Bushnell, David A ^a   Darst, Seth A ^b   Kornberg, Roger D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CTD; Electron crystallography; RNA polymerase II; Structure; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MUTANT PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

EID: 0029865767     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0258     Document Type: Article

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