Dynamics of backtracking long pauses of RNA polymerase

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Volumn 1789, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 212-219

  Xie, Ping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Molecular motor; Sequence dependent; Transcription elongation

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MOLECULAR MOTOR; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; DNA BINDING; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

ALGORITHMS; BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITES; DNA; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTORS;

EID: 61449085459     PISSN: 18749399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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