A mutant T7 RNA polymerase that is defective in RNA binding and blocked in the early stages of transcription

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 265, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 275-288

  He, Biao ^a   Rong, Minqing ^a   Durbin, Russell K ^a   McAllister, William T ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortive initiation; Isomerization; RNA binding site; Transcript slippage

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA BINDING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0031046587     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0741     Document Type: Article

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