Crystal structure of a σ70 subunit fragment from E. coli RNA polymerase

Cell

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 127-136

  Malhotra, Arun ^a   Severinova, Elena ^a,b   Darst, Seth A ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030271890     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81329-X     Document Type: Article

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