Single-molecule tracking of the transcription cycle by sub-second RNA detection

eLife

Volumn 2014, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Zhengjian ^a   Revyakin, Andrey ^a,c   Grimm, Jonathan B ^a   Lavis, Luke D ^a   Tjian, Robert ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; SINGLE STRANDED RNA;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; KINETICS; PROMOTER REGION; RNA SYNTHESIS; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84898743524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/elife.01775     Document Type: Article

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