Evolution of complex RNA polymerases: The complete archaeal RNA polymerase structure

PLoS Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Korkhin, Yakov ^a,b,c   Unligil, Ulug M ^b,c   Littlefield, Otis ^a   Nelson, Pamlea J ^a,b,c   Stuart, David I ^d   Sigler, Paul B ^a   Bell, Stephen D ^e   Abrescia, Nicola G A ^d,f  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f CIC BIOGUNE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SULFOLOBUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA, ARCHAEAL; SULFOLOBUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA; SULFOLOBALES; SULFOLOBUS SHIBATAE;

EID: 66249122044     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000102     Document Type: Article

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