Transcription elongation: Structural basis and mechanisms

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 288, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-12

  Nudler, Evgeny ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elongation; Fidelity; Processivity; RNA polymerases; Termination

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA TEMPLATE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN NUCLEIC ACID INTERACTION; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0033597378     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2641     Document Type: Article

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