Rapid Kinetic Analysis of Transcription Elongation by Escherichia coli RNA Polymerase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 381, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1106-1113

  Johnson, Ronald S ^a   Strausbauch, Mark ^a   Cooper, Ryan ^a   Register, J Kristen ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

pyrophosphate release; RNA polymerase; stopped flow kinetics and quench flow kinetics; transcription; translocation

Indexed keywords

PYROPHOSPHATE; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 48749102174     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.06.089     Document Type: Article

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