Structural Basis for DNA-Hairpin Promoter Recognition by the Bacteriophage N4 Virion RNA Polymerase

Molecular Cell

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 707-717

  Gleghorn, Michael L ^a   Davydova, Elena K ^b   Rothman Denes, Lucia B ^b   Murakami, Katsuhiko S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISULFIDE BOND; DNA DENATURATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; VIRION;

APOENZYMES; ARGININE; BACTERIOPHAGE N4; BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRION;

EID: 56849089820     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2008.11.010     Document Type: Article

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