Multiple interactions stabilize a single paused transcription intermediate in which hairpin to 3' end spacing distinguishes pause and termination pathways

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 268, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 54-68

  Chan, Cathleen L ^a   Wang, Daguang ^a   Landick, Robert ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

RNA polymerase; RNA secondary structure; Transcription complex; Transcriptional pausing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031585994     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.0935     Document Type: Article

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