Transcripts that increase the processivity and elongation rate of RNA polymerase

Cell

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 893-903

  King, Rodney A ^a   Banik Maiti, Sarbani ^a   Jin, Ding Jun ^b   Weisberg, Robert A ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030606249     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81996-0     Document Type: Article

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