The bridge helix coordinates movements of modules in RNA polymerase

BMC Biology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Hein, Pyae P ^a   Landick, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; EDITORIAL; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 78649527702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-8-141     Document Type: Note

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