Visualizing polynucleotide polymerase machines at work

EMBO Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 3458-3468

  Steitz, Thomas A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA polymerase; Polymerase translocation; RNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; POLYNUCLEOTIDE POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIOPHAGE T7; ENZYME STRUCTURE; IMAGE DISPLAY; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 33747621427     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601211     Document Type: Review

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