Structure of a T7 RNA polymerase elongation complex at 2.9 Å resolution

Nature

Volumn 420, Issue 6911, 2002, Pages 43-50

  Tahlrov, Tahir H ^a   Temiakov, Dmitry ^d   Anikin, Michael ^d   Patlan, Vsevolod ^b   McAllister, William T ^d   Vassylyev, Dmiby G ^b,c   Yokoyama, Shigeyuki ^b,c,e,f  

^a Institute of Physical and Chemical Research   (Japan)

^b Structurome Research Group   (Japan)

^c RIKEN HARIMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e RIKEN YOKOHAMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; COMPLEXATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROSTATICS; RNA;

TRANSCRIPTIONS;

ENZYMES;

DNA; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

DNA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ELECTROSTATICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0037038361     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01129     Document Type: Article

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