Structure of T7 RNA polymerase complexed to the transcriptional inhibitor T7 lysozyme

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 4101-4113

  Jeruzalmi, David ^a,b   Steitz, Thomas A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal form; Polymerase domain; T7 lysozyme; T7 RNA polymerase; Transcriptional inhibition

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; LYSOZYME; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CHLOROPLAST; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0032527832     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.14.4101     Document Type: Article

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