Oriented, active Escherichia coli RNA polymerase: An atomic force microscope study

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1024-1033

  Thomson, Neil H ^a   Smith, Bettye L ^a   Almqvist, Nils ^a,e   Schmitt, Lutz ^b   Kashlev, Mikhail ^c   Kool, Eric T ^d   Hansma, Paul K ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^f Luleå University of Technology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; RNA POLYMERASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PHASE SEPARATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033032908     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77267-X     Document Type: Article

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