Structural basis for initiation of transcription from an RNA polymerase- promoter complex

Nature

Volumn 399, Issue 6731, 1999, Pages 80-83

  Cheetham, Graham M T ^a   Jeruzalmi, David ^a,b   Steltz, Thomas A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0033529089     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/19999     Document Type: Article

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