RNA polymerase-promoter interactions: The comings and goings of RNA polymerase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3019-3025

  DeHaseth, Pieter L ^a   Zupancic, Margaret L ^b   Record Jr , M Thomas ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

BASE PAIRING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA SYNTHESIS; SHORT SURVEY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031779081     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.12.3019-3025.1998     Document Type: Short Survey

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