Insights into Escherichia coli RNA polymerase structure from a combination of X-ray and electron crystallography

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 124, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 115-122

  Darst, Seth A ^a   Polyakov, Andrey ^a   Richter, Catherine ^a   Zhang, Gongyi ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMAGE PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032463742     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1998.4057     Document Type: Article

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