Mechanism for De Novo RNA Synthesis and Initiating Nucleotide Specificity by T7 RNA Polymerase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 370, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 256-268

  Kennedy, William P ^a   Momand, Jamila R ^a   Yin, Y Whitney ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

de novo RVA synthesis; GTP specificity; T7 RNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYTIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CATALYSIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA BINDING; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSPORT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 34249652496     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.03.041     Document Type: Article

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