Single-molecule studies of RNAPII elongation

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Volumn 1829, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-38

  Zhou, Jing ^a   Schweikhard, Volker ^a   Block, Steven M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pol II; Single molecule; Transcript elongation

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; RNA POLYMERASE II;

BINDING SITE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; ENZYME KINETICS; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLOCATION LINE;

ANIMALS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84872425445     PISSN: 18749399     EISSN: 18764320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2012.08.006     Document Type: Review

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