Wrapping of DNA around the E. coli RNA polymerase open promoter complex

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 4464-4475

  Rivetti, Claudio ^a   Guthold, Martin ^b   Bustamante, Carlos ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy (AFM); DNA bending; DNA wrapping; Open promoter complex; RNA polymerase; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NICKEL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGMA FACTOR; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

EID: 0033575742     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.16.4464     Document Type: Article

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