The evolving story of the omega subunit of bacterial RNA polymerase

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 450-455

  Mathew, Renjith ^a   Chatterji, Dipankar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT; RNA POLYMERASE OMEGA SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; RPOZ GENE; SPOT GENE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SIGMA FACTOR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33748537078     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2006.08.002     Document Type: Review

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