Promoter recognition as measured by binding of polymerase to nontemplate strand oligonucleotide

Science

Volumn 276, Issue 5316, 1997, Pages 1258-1260

  Marr, M T ^a   Roberts, J W ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYME BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; SIGMA FACTOR; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0030915128     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.276.5316.1258     Document Type: Article

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