Two conformations of RNA polymerase II revealed by electron crystallography

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 272, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 536-540

  Asturias, Francisco J ^a   Meredith, Gavin D ^a   Poglitsch, Claudia L ^a   Kornberg, Roger D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

2 D crystals; TFIIE; Transcription; Yeast

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; YEAST;

EID: 0031551578     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1273     Document Type: Article

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