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Figure 7.
Fig. 7. Four mobile modules of the Pol II structure. (A) Backbone traces of the core, jaw-lobe, clamp, and shelf modules of the form 1 structure, shown in gray, blue, yellow, and pink, respectively. (B) Changes in the position of the jaw-lobe, clamp, and shelf modules between form 1 (colored) and form 2 structures (gray). The arrows indicate the direction of charges from form 1 to form 2. The core modules in the two crystal forms were superimposed and then omitted for clarity. (C) The view in (B) rotated 90° about a vertical axis. The core and jaw-lobe modules are omitted for clarity. In form 2, the clamp has swung to the left, opening a wider gap between its edge and the wall located further to the right (not shown).

The above figure is reprinted by permission from the AAAs: Science (2001, 292, 1863-1876) copyright 2001.