The flap domain is required for pause RNA hairpin inhibition of catalysis by RNA polymerase and can modulate intrinsic termination

Molecular Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1125-1136

  Toulokhonov, Innokenti ^a   Landick, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONATE 5 LIPOXYGENASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; INHIBITION KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOP CODON; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0344413496     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(03)00439-8     Document Type: Article

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