Effects of neutral salts on RNA chain elongation and pausing by Escherichia coli RNA polymerase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 268, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-53

  Chan, Cathleen L ^a   Landick, Robert ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

RNA polymerase; RNA secondary structure; Salt; Transcription complex; Transcriptional pausing

Indexed keywords

ANION; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHLORIDE ION; HEXYLENE GLYCOL; INORGANIC SALT; RNA POLYMERASE; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0031585988     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.0934     Document Type: Article

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