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Direct observation of base-pair stepping by RNA polymerase
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Metadata
- Authors
- Abbondanzieri, E. A., Greenleaf, W. J., Shaevitz, J. W., Landick, R., & Block, S. M.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2005-11-13
- Volume
- 438
- Issue
- 7067
- Pages
- 460-465
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2167150894
- Cited by
- 855
- References
- 45
- FWCI
- 34.02
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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