Varying rate of RNA chain elongation during rrn transcription in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3740-3746

  Dennis, P P ^a   Ehrenberg, M ^b   Fange, D ^b   Bremer, H ^c  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; BACTERIAL RNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OPERON; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 66149088099     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00128-09     Document Type: Article

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