A Bacterial Transcription Terminator with Inefficient Molecular Motor Action but with a Robust Transcription Termination Function

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 395, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 966-982

  Kalarickal, Nisha C ^a   Ranjan, Amitabh ^a   Kalyani, B Sudha ^a   Wal, Megha ^a   Sen, Ranjan ^a  

^a Center for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics   (India)

Author keywords

ATPase activity; Rho; RNA polymerase; transcription termination

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BICOZAMYCIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; HELICASE; MOLECULAR MOTOR; RHO FACTOR; RNA POLYMERASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; SINGLE STRANDED RNA; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DENATURATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 73649086853     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.12.022     Document Type: Article

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