Active site opening and closure control translocation of Multisubunit RNA polymerase

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 7442-7451

  Malinen, Anssi M ^a   Turtola, Matti ^a   Parthiban, Marimuthu ^b   Vainonen, Lioudmila ^a   Johnson, Mark S ^b   Belogurov, Georgiy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NUCLEOTIDE; PYROPHOSPHATE; RNA POLYMERASE; TAGETITOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; ENZYME SUBUNIT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA TRANSLATION; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACTERIA; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DIPHOSPHATES; DNA; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FLUORESCENT DYES; NUCLEOTIDES; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84867297989     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks383     Document Type: Article

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