Structural basis of initial RNA polymerase II transcription

EMBO Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 4755-4763

  Cheung, Alan C M ^a   Sainsbury, Sarah ^a   Cramer, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene transcription; NTP binding; RNA polymerase; Transcription initiation

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE; DINUCLEOTIDE; DNA; LYSINE; NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; LYSINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEOTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTORS;

EID: 82455199223     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.396     Document Type: Article

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