The mechanism of early transcription termination by Rho026

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 260, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 347-358

  Washburn, Robert S ^a   Ding Jun, Jin ^b   Stitt, Barbara L ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

NusD; NusG; Rho factor; RNA binding; Transcription termination

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030593494     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0405     Document Type: Article

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