Structure and function of the initially transcribing RNA polymerase II-TFIIB complex

Nature

Volumn 493, Issue 7432, 2013, Pages 437-440

  Sainsbury, Sarah ^a   Niesser, Jürgen ^a   Cramer, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA POLYMERASE; NUCLEOTIDE; RNA POLYMERASE II; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIB;

BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; CATALYST; CATION; CHEMICAL BINDING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; PROTEIN; RNA; YEAST;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN NUCLEIC ACID INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA SYNTHESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOCATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIB; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION, GENETIC;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84872614213     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11715     Document Type: Article

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