Kinetics of promoter escape by bacterial RNA polymerase: Effects of promoter contacts and transcription bubble collapse

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 463, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 135-144

  Ko, Je ^a   Heyduk, Tomasz ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA; Energy; Fluorescence; Kinetics; Promoter; RNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA PURIFICATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; MICROBUBBLE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION BUBBLE COLLAPSE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; KINETICS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84906978950     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20140179     Document Type: Article

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