Structural basis for template-independent RNA polymerization

Nature

Volumn 430, Issue 7000, 2004, Pages 700-704

  Tomita, Kozo ^a,b   Fukai, Shuya ^c   Ishitani, Ryuichiro ^d   Ueda, Takuya ^b   Takeuchi, Hono ^b   Vassylyev, Dmitry G ^e   Nureki, Osamu ^c,f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Institute of Technology ^*  (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e RIKEN HARIMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^f JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSTS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEINS;

MUTANTS; STRUCTURAL BASIS;

RNA;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID; CYSTEINYLCYSTEINYLALANINE; CYTIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; NUCLEIC ACID; PEPTIDE; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; BIOPOLYMER; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RNA; RNA PRIMERS; TRANSFER RIBONUCLEIC ACID NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE;

POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN; RNA;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSOME; RNA POLYMERIZATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; BACTERIUM; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; BACTERIA; BINDING SITES; BIOPOLYMERS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYTIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA; RNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

EID: 3943067796     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02712     Document Type: Article

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