Structural analysis of ternary complexes of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase: Ribonuclease footprinting of the nascent RNA in complexes

Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 218-225

  Milan, Sandra ^a   D'Ari, Linda ^a   Chamberlin, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME WALKING; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RIBONUCLEASE T1; RIBONUCLEASE, PANCREATIC; RNA, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033524440     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi9818422     Document Type: Article

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