Energetic contributions to the initiation of transcription in E. coli

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 91-98

  Ramprakash, Jayanthi ^a   Schwarz, Frederick P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential scanning calorimetry; DNA; Isothermal titration calorimetry; Promoters; RNA polymerase; Thermodynamics; Transcription

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENTHALPY; ENZYME BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ENERGY TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 55549134279     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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