A single species of RNA polymerase is responsible for the transcription of genetic material in Escherichia coli; and, each component of this essential enzyme is encoded by a single gene. Nevertheless, we report the characterisation of a viable deletion mutant lacking about 165 bp in the region codin
Studies on the active site of E. coli RNA polymerase
โ Scribed by GuntherL. Eichhorn; Peter Chuknyisky; Richard Beal; Joseph Rifkind; Raj Pillai; Edward Tarien
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 86 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0162-0134
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