Base-specific recognition of the nontemplate strand of promoter DNA by E. coli RNA polymerase

Cell

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 495-501

  Roberts, Christine W ^a   Roberts, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DNA STRAND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; RNA SYNTHESIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030576519     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80122-1     Document Type: Article

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