Mapping RNA exit channel on transcribing RNA polymerase II by FRET analysis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127-132

  Chen, Chin Yu ^a   Chang, Chia Chi ^a   Yen, Chi Fu ^a   Chiu, Michael T K ^a   Chang, Wei Hau ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

^b GENOMICS RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

In gel; Nanometry; Single molecule fluorescence; Structure; Transcription

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DYE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL LABELING; DNA FLANKING REGION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; RNA PROBE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION; RNA TRANSPORT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRIANGULATION;

FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENT DYES; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; RNA POLYMERASE II; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 58549106435     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0811689106     Document Type: Article

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