Cryo-negative staining reveals conformational flexibility within yeast RNA polymerase I

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 329, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 891-902

  De Carlo, Sacha ^a,b   Carles, Christophe ^c   Riva, Michel ^c   Schultz, Patrick ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Atomic structure fitting; Cryo electron microscopy; Cryo negative staining; Image analysis; Yeast RNA polymerase I (A)

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; MOLYBDENUM; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FREEZING; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STAINING; YEAST;

EID: 0037531306     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00510-2     Document Type: Article

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