Archaeal RNA polymerase

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 724-731

  Hirata, Akira ^a   Murakami, Katsuhiko S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA DENATURATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EUKARYOTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; HUMANS; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 70549113408     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2009.10.006     Document Type: Review

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