Role of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase alpha subunit in modulation of pausing, termination and anti-termination by the transcription elongation factor NusA

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 150-161

  Liu, Kebin ^a   Zhang, Yuying ^a   Severinov, Konstantin ^b   Das, Asis ^c   Hanna, Michelle M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elongation factor; Escherichia coli; RNA polymerase; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR; ELONGATION FACTOR NUSA; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030053898     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00343.x     Document Type: Article

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