Transcription Termination Defective Mutants of Rho: Role of Different Functions of Rho in Releasing RNA from the Elongation Complex

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 371, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 855-872

  Chalissery, Jisha ^a   Banerjee, Sharmistha ^a   Bandey, Irfan ^a   Sen, Ranjan ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR DNA FINGERPRINTING AND DIAGNOSTICS   (India)

Author keywords

mutagenesis; NusG; Rho; RNA polymerase; transcription termination

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; ELONGATION FACTOR; MUTANT PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION FACTOR RHO;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYDROLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA BINDING; RNA TRANSLATION; RNA TRANSPORT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34548667500     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.06.013     Document Type: Article

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