Functional specialization of transcription elongation factors

EMBO Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 112-122

  Belogurov, Georgiy A ^a   Mooney, Rachel A ^b   Svetlov, Vladimir ^a,c   Landick, Robert ^b   Artsimovitch, Irina ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

NusG; Paralogue; RfaH; Rho; RNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN NUSG; PROTEIN RFAH; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION FACTOR RHO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; GENE TARGETING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; OPERON; PARALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPERON; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; PHYLOGENY; RHO FACTOR; RNA, BACTERIAL; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 58749087873     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2008.268     Document Type: Article

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