Complete structural model of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase from a Hybrid Approach

PLoS Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Opalka, Natacha ^a   Brown, Jesse ^b   Lane, William J ^c   Twist, Kelly Anne F ^a   Landick, Robert ^d   Asturias, Francisco J ^b   Darst, Seth A ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77957921869     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000483     Document Type: Article

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