New insights into the mechanism of initial transcription: The T7 RNA polymerase mutant p266l transitions to elongation at longer RNA lengths than wild type

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 44, 2012, Pages 37352-37361

  Ramírez Tapia, Luis E ^a   Martin, Craig T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTISUBUNIT; RNA POLYMERASE; WILD TYPES;

PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION;

RNA;

P266L RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE; T7 RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABORTIVE CYCLING; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA METABOLISM; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEOLYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPSIN; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84868237254     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.370643     Document Type: Article

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