Unravelling the mechanism of RNA-polymerase forward motion by using mechanical force

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Thomen, Philippe ^a   Lopez, Pascal J ^a   Heslot, François ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; CATALYSIS; COMPLEXATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FREE ENERGY; HYDROLYSIS; KINETIC THEORY; RNA;

CHEMICAL ENERGY; MECHANICAL FORCES; MOLECULAR MOTORS; RNA-POLYMERASE FORWARD MOTION;

ENZYME KINETICS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7 RNA POLYMERASE; BIOTIN; CYTIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; SILICON DIOXIDE; STREPTAVIDIN; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BIOTIN; CYTIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; KINETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SILICON DIOXIDE; STREPTAVIDIN; THERMODYNAMICS; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 85056017495     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.128102     Document Type: Article

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