Events during initiation of Archaeal transcription: Open complex formation and DNA-protein interactions

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 3025-3031

  Hausner, Winfried ^a   Thomm, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELICASE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; METHANOCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROLYSIS; METHANOCOCCUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TATA BOX; TATA-BOX BINDING PROTEIN; TEMPERATURE; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARCHAEA; METHANOCOCCUS;

EID: 0035026270     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.10.3025-3031.2001     Document Type: Article

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