Common structural features of nucleic acid polymerases

BioEssays

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 724-729

  Cramer, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; NUCLEIC ACID; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM;

CATALYSIS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACIDS; RNA; RNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES;

EID: 0035984649     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.10127     Document Type: Review

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