Structure and function of archaeal RNA polymerases

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1395-1404

  Werner, Finn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL RNA; ELONGATION FACTOR; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE II; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLOSTERISM; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA GENE; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA SYNTHESIS; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, ARCHAEAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 34548299670     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05876.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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