Structure of a Ternary Transcription Activation Complex

Molecular Cell

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-53

  Jain, Deepti ^a   Nickels, Bryce E ^b   Sun, Li ^b   Hochschild, Ann ^b   Darst, Seth A ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN LAMBDA CL; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA SUBUNIT DOMAIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA;

EID: 1642441938     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(03)00483-0     Document Type: Article

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