Bacterial RNA polymerases: The wholo story

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-39

  Murakami, Katsuhiko S ^a   Darst, Seth A ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOENZYME; RNA POLYMERASE;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037308665     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(02)00005-2     Document Type: Review

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