Direct observation of base-pair stepping by RNA polymerase

Nature

Volumn 438, Issue 7067, 2005, Pages 460-465

  Abbondanzieri, Elio A ^a   Greenleaf, William J ^a   Shaevitz, Joshua W ^a,c   Landick, Robert ^b   Block, Steven M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENZYMES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; RNA;

BASE-PAIR STEPPING; RNA POLYMERASE (RNAP); TRANSCRIPTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

NUCLEOTIDE; PYROPHOSPHATE; RNA POLYMERASE;

BIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FORCE; GEL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 28544432440     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04268     Document Type: Article

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