The dynamic machinery of mRNA elongation

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 197-203

  Armache, Karim Jean ^a   Kettenberger, Hubert ^a   Cramer, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; DNA; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE; PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II;

CATALYSIS; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA STRUCTURE;

EID: 17044386530     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2005.03.002     Document Type: Review

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