E. coli RNA Polymerase Determinants of Open Complex Lifetime and Structure

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 427, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 2435-2450

  Ruff, Emily F ^a,c   Drennan, Amanda C ^a   Capp, Michael W ^a   Poulos, Mikaela A ^a   Artsimovitch, Irina ^b   Record, M Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abbreviations OC open complex; CRE core recognition element; DME downstream mobile element; NT nontemplate; RNAP RNA polymerase; TB Tris buffer

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; ENZYME VARIANT; POLYANION; RNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DISSOCIATION; DISSOCIATION KINETIC; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; OPEN COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84937817307     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2015.05.024     Document Type: Article

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