Single-molecule imaging of RNA polymerase-DNA interactions in real time

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 709-715

  Harada, Yoshie ^a,e   Funatsu, Takashi ^a   Murakami, Katsuhiko ^b   Nonoyama, Yoshikazu ^c   Ishihama, Akira ^b   Yanagida, Toshio ^a,c,d  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; ENZYME BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOGRAM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN NUCLEIC ACID INTERACTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033021362     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77237-1     Document Type: Article

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