Structure of the Rho transcription terminator: Mechanism of mRNA recognition and helicase loading

Cell

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 135-146

  Skordalakes, Emmanuel ^a   Berger, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEOTIDE; RHO FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA BINDING; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSPORT; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

EID: 0037559627     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(03)00512-9     Document Type: Article

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