The structural mechanism of translocation and helicase activity in T7 RNA polymerase

Cell

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 393-404

  Yin, Y Whitney ^a,c   Steitz, Thomas A ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HELICASE; NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE; NUCLEOTIDE; PYROPHOSPHATE; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATION; DNA STRAND; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 1342313235     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(04)00120-5     Document Type: Article

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