High-resolution structure of an archaeal zinc ribbon defines a general architectural motif in eukaryotic RNA polymerases

Structure

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 555-569

  Wang, Bing ^a,c   Jones, David N M ^a,d   Kaine, Brian P ^b   Weiss, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance geometry; Hyperthermophilic; NMR; RPB9; Transcription

Indexed keywords

THERMOCOCCUS CELER;

EID: 0032523983     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(98)00058-6     Document Type: Article

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