Stopped in its tracks: The RNA polymerase molecular motor as a robust sensor of DNA damage

DNA Repair

Volumn 20, Issue , 2014, Pages 49-57

  Howan, K ^a,b   Monnet, J ^a   Fan, J ^a   Strick, T R ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE STATISTIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Helicase; Magnetic trapping; Repair; Single molecule; Transcription

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MOTOR; RNA POLYMERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE UVRABC; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION REPAIR COUPLING FACTOR PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MAGNETIC FIELD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSOR; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; VIDEO MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84904731897     PISSN: 15687864     EISSN: 15687856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2014.02.018     Document Type: Article

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