In vivo evidence for back and forth oscillations of the transcription elongation complex

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 5052-5060

  Toulmé, Francine ^a   Guérin, Martine ^a   Robichon, Nathalie ^a   Leng, Marc ^a   Rahmouni, A Rachid ^b  

^a CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

In situ probing; Lateral oscillations; RNA polymerase; Transcription elongation complex

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DENATURATION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA STABILITY; RNA, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0344418719     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.18.5052     Document Type: Article

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