Single-molecule studies of RNA polymerases.
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Jens Michaelis*,†,‡ and Barbara Treutlein †Biophysics Institute, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany ‡Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPS), Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Munich University, Butenandtstrasse 5-13, 81377 München, Germany Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, James H. Clark Center, E-300, 318 Campus Drive, Stanford, California 94305-5432, United States
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Chemical reviews
دوره 113 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013