An 8 nt RNA triggers a rate-limiting shift of RNA polymerase II complexes into elongation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 3100-3109

  Hieb, Aaron R ^a   Baran, Sean ^a   Goodrich, James A ^a   Kugel, Jennifer F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA conformation; Kinetics; Promoter escape; RNA polymerase II; Transcription

Indexed keywords

RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, TFII; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 33746303519     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601197     Document Type: Article

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