A dynamic model for processive transcription elongation and backtracking long pauses by multisubunit RNA polymerases

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2020-2034

  Xie, Ping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Backtracking long pause; Molecular motor; RNA polymerase; Transcription elongation

Indexed keywords

DNA BASE; RNA POLYMERASE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BIOCHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA BINDING; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSPORT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DNA; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUCLEOTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; RNA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84863782507     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.24090     Document Type: Article

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