Elucidation of the Dynamics of Transcription Elongation by RNA Polymerase II using Kinetic Network Models

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 687-694

  Zhang, Lu ^a   Pardo Avila, Fátima ^a   Unarta, Ilona Christy ^a   Cheung, Peter Pak Hang ^a   Wang, Guo ^a   Wang, Dong ^b   Huang, Xuhui ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II;

GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84966280562     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.5b00536     Document Type: Article

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