Transcriptional pausing in Vivo: A nascent RNA hairpin restricts lateral movements of RNA polymerase in both forward and reverse directions

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 351, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-51

  Toulmé, Francine ^a   Mosrin Huaman, Christine ^a   Artsimovitch, Irina ^b   Rahmouni, A Rachid ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hairpin dependent pausing; Initially transcribed sequence; RNA polymerase backtracking; Transcription regulation; Transcriptional pausing

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STABILITY; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 22044434543     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.05.052     Document Type: Article

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