Translocation by multi-subunit RNA polymerases

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Volumn 1799, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 389-401

  Kireeva, Maria ^a   Kashlev, Mikhail ^a   Burton, Zachary F ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostery; Elongation; NTP driven translocation; Pyrophosphate release; RNA polymerase; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMANITIN; DNA POLYMERASE; GLYCINE; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PYROPHOSPHATE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE; STREPTOLYDIGIN; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR; VIRUS RNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION; DNA BINDING; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MODEL; HYDROLYSIS; ISOMERIZATION; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSPORT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; VELOCITY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ALLOSTERISM; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEOTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77953711880     PISSN: 18749399     EISSN: 18764320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2010.01.007     Document Type: Review

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