The RNA polymerase factory and archaeal transcription

Chemical Reviews

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 8350-8376

  Weinzierl, Robert O J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL TRANSCRIPTION; BASAL TRANSCRIPTIONAL MACHINERY; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; CATALYTIC MECHANISMS; DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH; EVOLUTIONARY CONSERVATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STRATEGY; FUNCTIONAL SIMILARITY;

GENE EXPRESSION; ROBOTICS;

MACHINERY;

ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARCHAEON; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84889047011     PISSN: 00092665     EISSN: 15206890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cr400148k     Document Type: Review

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