The problem of hypernegative supercoiling and R-loop formation in transcription

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn , Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Drolet, Marc ^a   Broccoli, Sonia ^a   Rallu, Fabien ^a   Hraiky, Chadi ^a   Fortin, Charles ^a   Massé, Éric ^a   Baaklini, Imad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNA supercoiling; DNA topoisomerases; R loop; RNA DNA hybrids; rnhA gene; topA gene; Transcription elongation

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; BACTERIAL DNA;

ALLELE; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0141802191     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/970     Document Type: Review

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