Abstract：
:Evolutionarily related multisubunit RNA polymerases (RNAPs) facilitate gene transcription throughout the three domains of life. During the past seven years an increasing number of bacterial and eukaryotic RNAP structures have been solved; however, the archaeal enzyme remained elusive. Two reports from the Murakami and Cramer laboratories have now filled this gap in our knowledge and enable us to hypothesize about the evolution of the structure and function of RNAPs.
journal_name
Trends Microbioljournal_title
Trends in microbiologyauthors
Werner Fdoi
10.1016/j.tim.2008.03.008subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-06-01 00:00:00pages
247-50issue
6eissn
0966-842Xissn
1878-4380pii
S0966-842X(08)00106-6journal_volume
16pub_type
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