A Two-State Model for the Dynamics of the Pyrophosphate Ion Release in Bacterial RNA Polymerase

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Da, Lin Tai ^a   Pardo Avila, Fátima ^a   Wang, Dong ^b   Huang, Xuhui ^a,c  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RNA;

DYNAMICS SIMULATION; ION RELEASE; MARKOV STATE MODELS; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE II; SIMPLE++; SUB-MICROSECOND; TIME-SCALES; TWO-STATE; TWO-STATE MODEL;

TRANSCRIPTION;

MAGNESIUM ION; MAGNESIUM PYROPHOSPHATE ION; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MARKOV STATE MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION; TRIGGER LOOP;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84876924192     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003020     Document Type: Article

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