Discontinuous movement and conformational change during pausing and termination by T7 RNA polymerase

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 6483-6493

  Mukherjee, Srabani ^a   Brieba, Luis G ^a   Sousa, Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

RNA polymerase; T7 RNA polymerase; Transcription initiation; Transcription termination

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; DNA; NUCLEASE; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

BACTERIOPHAGE T7; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0347624647     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg618     Document Type: Article

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