RNAP subunits F/E (RPB4/7) are stably associated with archaeal RNA polymerase: Using fluorescence anisotropy to monitor RNAP assembly in vitro

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 421, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 339-343

  Grohmann, Dina ^a   Hirtreiter, Angela ^a   Werner, Finn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeon; Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET); RNA polymerase; RPB4 7; RPB6; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEON; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER (FRET); RNA POLYMERASE; RPB4/7; RPB6;

ENERGY TRANSFER; NUCLEIC ACIDS; POLYMERS; RESONANCE; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION;

FLUORESCENCE;

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE SUBUNIT E; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE SUBUNIT F; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE SUBUNIT H; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARCHAEAL PROTEIN;

ANISOTROPY; ARCHAEAL GENOME; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; EMISSION ANISOTROPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STABILITY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHANOCOCCALES; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; KINETICS; METHANOCOCCALES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

EID: 69249241850     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20090782     Document Type: Article

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