DNA supercoiling and transcription in bacteria: a two-way street

Abstract Background The processes of DNA supercoiling and transcription are interdependent because the movement of a transcription elongation complex simultaneously induces under- and overwinding of the DNA duplex and because the initiation, elongation and termination steps of transcription are all...

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Main Author: Charles J. Dorman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Molecular and Cell Biology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12860-019-0211-6