A Novel Initiation Pathway in Escherichia Coli Transcription
Eitan Lerner, SangYoon Chung, Benjamin Levi Allen, Shuang Wang, Jookyung June Lee, Winson Shijia Lu, Logan Wilson Grimaud, Antonino Ingargiola, Xavier Michalet, Yazan Alhadid, Sergei Borukhov, Terence Strick, Dylan J. Taatjes, Shimon Weiss
The paper investigates RNA polymerase initiation kinetics in E. coli, identifying a novel backtracking intermediate that slows transcription and may have therapeutic implications.
bioRxiv · Mar 27, 2016Biochemistry