The X-ray crystal structure of RNA polymerase from Archaea

Nature

Volumn 451, Issue 7180, 2008, Pages 851-854

  Hirata, Akira ^a   Klein, Brianna J ^a   Murakami, Katsuhiko S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE II; TATA BINDING PROTEIN;

ENZYME; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN; X-RAY;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; WILD TYPE;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 39149142997     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06530     Document Type: Article

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