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Tracking RNA polymerase, one step at a time
被引:11
|作者:
Vassylyev, DG
[1
]
Artsimovitch, I
机构:
[1] Ohio State Univ, Dept Microbiol, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[2] Univ Alabama, Dept Biochem & Mol Genet, Birmingham, AL 35294 USA
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D O I:
10.1016/j.cell.2005.11.030
中图分类号:
Q5 [生物化学];
Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号:
071010 ;
081704 ;
摘要:
Although the structural analysis of transcription has attained atomic resolution, techniques to manipulate single molecules involved in transcription have lagged behind. A recent paper in Nature by Abbondanzieri et al. (2005) closes this gap. This study finds that individual molecules of bacterial RNA polymerase move in single base-pair steps and concludes that RNA polymerase acts as a Brownian ratchet that is driven forward by the binding of incoming nucleoside triphosphates.
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页码:977 / 979
页数:3
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