Structural biology of bacterial RNA polymerase

Biomolecules

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 848-864

  Murakami, Katsuhiko S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti factor; Bacterial RNA polymerase; Core enzyme; Holoenzyme; Inhibitor antibiotic; NMR; Transcription; Transcription factor; X ray crystallography; factor

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; FIDAXOMICIN; RIFAMPICIN; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; CELL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 85012100279     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2218273X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/biom5020848     Document Type: Review

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