Francisella RNA polymerase contains a heterodimer of non-identical α subunits

BMC Molecular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mukhamedyarov, Damir ^a   Makarova, Kira S ^b   Severinov, Konstantin ^a,c   Kuznedelov, Konstantin ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; RPOA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; DIMERIZATION; FRANCISELLA; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; TAXONOMY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANCISELLA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 81455161075     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-12-50     Document Type: Article

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