Competition between the RNA transcript and the nontemplate DNA strand during R-Loop formation in vitro: A nick can serve as a strong R-loop initiation site

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 146-159

  Roy, Deepankar ^a   Zhang, Zheng ^a   Lu, Zhengfei ^a   Hsieh, Chih Lin ^a   Lieber, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; DNA SUPERCOILING; DNA TEMPLATE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

5' FLANKING REGION; DNA; DNA BREAKS, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; RNA; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 73649101345     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00897-09     Document Type: Article

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