RNA polymerase II flexibility during translocation from normal mode analysis

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 434-446

  Feig, Michael ^a,b   Burton, Zachary F ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mode robustness; Nucleic acids; Root mean square fluctuations; Transcription; Translocation

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EUKARYOTA;

CATALYTIC DOMAIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOTION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA POLYMERASE II; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 77449145343     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22560     Document Type: Article

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