Positioning of the start site in the initiation of transcription by bacteriophage T7 RNA polymerase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 272, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-30

  Weston, Benjamin F ^a   Kuzmine, Iaroslav ^a   Martin, Craig T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Abasic; Initiation; Nucleoside analogs; RNA polymerase; Transcription

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; DNA TEMPLATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; START CODON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0031565723     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1199     Document Type: Article

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