Rho Factor: Transcription Termination in Four Steps

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Sep 2003 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Current Biology, volume 13, pages R714-R716 (issn: 0960-9822,

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Authors: Kaplan, Daniel L.; O'Donnell, Mike;

doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2003.08.047

pmid: 13678611

Rho Factor: Transcription Termination in Four Steps

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Abstract

Rho factor is a hexameric ring-shaped helicase which terminates transcription in Escherichia coli. Two recent crystal structures of Rho in complex with nucleic acid reveal how this helicase ring loads onto mRNA and encircles it.

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Keywords

RNA, Bacterial, Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all), Transcription, Genetic, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all), Escherichia coli, Models, Biological, RNA Helicases, Rho Factor

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