Stopped-flow kinetic analysis of the interaction of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase with the bacteriophage T7 A1 promoter

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 283, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 353-370

  Johnson, Ronald S ^a   Chester, Rebecca E ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortive initiation; Escherichia coli RNA polymerase; Fluorescence; Initiation of transcription; Stopped flow kinetics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; ISOMERISM; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ARRHENIUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0032561131     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2101     Document Type: Article

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