Mutations in β′-Subunit of the Escherichia coli RNA-Polymerase Influence Interaction with the Downstream DNA Duplex in the Elongation Complex

Russian Journal of Genetics

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1207-1211

  Kulbachinskiy, A V ^a   Ershova, G V ^a   Korzheva, N V ^b   Brodolin, K L ^a   Nikiforov, V G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0347616927     PISSN: 10227954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020665123810     Document Type: Article

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