Determinants for Escherichia coli RNA polymerase assembly within the β subunit

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 270, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 648-662

  Wang, Yi ^a   Severinov, Konstantin ^a   Loizos, Nick ^a   Fenyö, David ^a   Heyduk, Ewa ^b   Heyduk, Tomasz ^b   Chait, Brian T ^a   Darst, Seth A ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

E. coli RNA polymerase assembly; Limited proteolysis; Protein protein footprinting; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; RNA POLYMERASE;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031213742     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1139     Document Type: Article

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