Simple enzymatic assays for the in vitro motor activity of transcription termination factor rho from escherichia coli

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 587, Issue , 2010, Pages 137-154

  Boudvillain, Marc ^a   Walmacq, Céline ^b   Schwartz, Annie ^a   Jacquinot, Frédérique ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

helicase; hexamer; molecular motor; Rho; ring shaped; termination; transcription

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HELICASE; RHO FACTOR; RNA HELICASE; STREPTAVIDIN;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DNA HELICASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; RHO FACTOR; RNA HELICASES; RNA, BACTERIAL; STREPTAVIDIN;

EID: 77953012026     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-355-8_10     Document Type: Article

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