Bacteriophage λ N protein inhibits transcription slippage by Escherichia coli RNA polymerase

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5823-5829

  Parks, Adam R ^a   Court, Carolyn ^a   Lubkowska, Lucyna ^a   Jin, Ding J ^a   Kashlev, Mikhail ^a   Court, Donald L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA TEMPLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOSS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL REGULATORY AND ACCESSORY PROTEINS;

EID: 84901370113     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku203     Document Type: Article

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