DNA microloops and microdomains: A general mechanism for transcription activation by torsional transmission

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 279, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1027-1043

  Travers, Andrew ^a   Muskhelishvili, Georgi ^b  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA BINDING; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032568862     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1834     Document Type: Review

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