A branched pathway in the early stage of transcription by Escherichia coli RNA polymerase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 256, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 449-457

  Kubori, Tomoko ^a,b   Shimamoto, Nobuo ^a  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abortive synthesis; Dead end complex; Escherichia coli RNA polymerase; Kinetic analysis of transcription; Moribund complex

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ENZYME ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA SYNTHESIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029986504     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0100     Document Type: Article

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