Kinetic studies and structural models of the association of E. coli σ70 RNA polymerase with the λPR promoter: Large scale conformational changes in forming the kinetically significant intermediates

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 319, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 649-671

  Saecker, Ruth M ^a   Tsodikov, Oleg V ^a   McQuade, Kristi L ^a   Schlax Jr , Peter E ^a   Capp, Michael W ^a   Thomas Record Jr , M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanism; Protein folding; RNA polymerase; Transcription initiation

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOMERISM; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FOLDING; TEMPERATURE;

ARRHENIUS;

EID: 0036304755     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00293-0     Document Type: Article

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