DNA structure and transcription

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 126-130

  Dai, Xing ^a   Rothman Denes, Lucia B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE;

COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA TEMPLATE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0033119411     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(99)80022-8     Document Type: Article

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