Determinants of the stability of transcription elongation complexes: Interactions of the nascent RNA with the DNA template and the RNA polymerase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 289, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1179-1194

  Wilson, Kevin S ^a   Conant, Clarke R ^a   Von Hippel, Peter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

RNA polymerase; RNA DNA hybrid; RNA protein interactions; Synthetic transcription complex; Transcript elongation

Indexed keywords

DNA; ELONGATION FACTOR; OLIGOMER; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA TEMPLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033603509     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2814     Document Type: Article

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