Ribosomal RNA synthesis by RNA polymerase I is subject to premature termination of transcription.
Chaïma Azouzi, Katrin Schwank, Sophie Queillé…·Christophe Dez
The paper shows that premature termination of transcription by RNA polymerase I limits rRNA production and that a mutant polymerase, SuperPol, reduces this termination, increasing rRNA output.