Energetic and structural details of the trigger-loop closing transition in RNA polymerase II

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 767-775

  Wang, Beibei ^a   Predeus, Alexander V ^b   Burton, Zachary F ^a   Feig, Michael ^a,b  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; RNA POLYMERASE II; RPB1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA POLYMERASE II; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 84881425547     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.05.060     Document Type: Article

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