A conserved zinc binding domain in the largest subunit of DNA-dependent RNA polymerase modulates intrinsic transcription termination and antitermination but does not stabilize the elongation complex

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 342, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1143-1154

  King, Rodney A ^a   Markov, Dmitry ^b   Sen, Ranjan ^a   Severinov, Konstantin ^b   Weisberg, Robert A ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

E. coli; phage HK022; subunit

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; LIGAND; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA POLYMERASE; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BINDING; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CODE; IN VITRO STUDY; INDUCED MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 4444270274     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.07.072     Document Type: Article

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