Initial transcription by RNA polymerase proceeds through a DNA-scrunching mechanism.
Using fluorescence resonance energy transfer to monitor distances within single molecules of abortively initiating transcription initiation complexes, we show that initial transcription proceeds through a "scrunching" mechanism, in which RNA polymerase (RNAP) remains fixed on promoter DNA...
Main Authors: | Kapanidis, A, Margeat, E, Ho, S, Kortkhonjia, E, Weiss, S, Ebright, R |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
2006
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