The presence of an RNA:DNA hybrid that is prone to slippage promotes termination by T7 RNA polymerase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 426, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 3095-3107

  Molodtsov, Vadim ^a   Anikin, Michael ^a   McAllister, William T ^a  

^a UMDNJ School of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

hybrid shearing; mitochondrial RNA polymerase; RNA pullout; RNA:DNA hybrid; stem loop

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; NUCLEOTIDE; POLYADENYLIC ACID; POLYURIDYLIC ACID; RNA POLYMERASE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7 RNA POLYMERASE; DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RNA; VIRAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; FORCE; HYBRID; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; YEAST CELL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA TEMPLATE; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE T7; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; INVERTED REPEAT; METABOLISM; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; YEAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIOPHAGE T7; DNA; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, GENETIC; POLY A; POLY U; RNA; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; TERMINATOR REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS; YEASTS;

EID: 84906243576     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2014.06.012     Document Type: Article

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