Cycling through transcription with the RNA polymerase F/E (RPB4/7) complex: Structure, function and evolution of archaeal RNA polymerase

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-18

  Grohmann, Dina ^a   Werner, Finn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaea; Evolution; F E (RPB4 7); RNA polymerase; Transcription cycle

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE E; RNA POLYMERASE F; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA DENATURATION; DNA STRAND; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA, ARCHAEAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 78651481313     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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