Sequence-specific interaction of nascent antiterminator RNA with the zinc-finger motif of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 215-222

  Sen, Ranjan ^b   King, Rodney A ^c   Mzhavia, Nino ^d   Madsen, Peter L ^e   Weisberg, Robert A ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b CDFD   (India)

^c WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; CYSTEINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CELL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

BASE SEQUENCE; COLIPHAGES; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RNA, VIRAL; TERMINATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS; ZINC FINGERS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036033732     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.03154.x     Document Type: Article

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