Structural and Mechanistic Basis for the Inhibition of Escherichia coli RNA Polymerase by T7 Gp2

Molecular Cell

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 755-766

  James, Ellen ^a   Liu, Minhao ^a   Sheppard, Carol ^a   Mekler, Vladimir ^b   Cámara, Beatriz ^c   Liu, Bing ^a   Simpson, Pete ^a   Cota, Ernesto ^a   Severinov, Konstantin ^b,d,e   Matthews, Steve ^a   Wigneshweraraj, Sivaramesh ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^e INSTITUTE OF GENE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CATALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84866290790     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: 10974164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2012.06.013     Document Type: Article

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