Visualizing RNA extrusion and DNA wrapping in transcription elongation complexes of bacterial and eukaryotic RNA polymerases

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 326, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1413-1426

  Rivetti, Claudio ^a   Codeluppi, Simone ^a   Dieci, Giorgio ^a   Bustamante, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; DNA bending; DNA wrapping; RNA polymerase; Transcription elongation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; RNA POLYMERASE;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TEMPLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; YEAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037424628     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00042-1     Document Type: Article

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