RNA polymerase pushing

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 157, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 43-47

  Galburt, Eric A ^a,b   Parrondo, Juan M R ^b,c   Grill, Stephan W ^b,d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brownian ratchet; Energy landscape; Modeling; Power stroke; RNA polymerase; Transcriptional pausing

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION;

DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79957894296     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: 18734200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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