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PDBsum entry 1en0

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Transcription PDB id
1en0
Contents
Protein chains
1213 a.a.*
943 a.a.*
263 a.a.*
110 a.a.*
211 a.a.*
140 a.a.*
117 a.a.*
65 a.a.*
36 a.a.*
Metals
_ZN ×8
_MG
* C-alpha coords only
Superseded by: 1i3q 1i3q
PDB id:
1en0
Name: Transcription
Title: Crystallographic backbone model of RNA polymerase ii
Structure: DNA-directed RNA polymerase ii largest subunit. Chain: a. Synonym: rpb1. DNA-directed RNA polymerase ii 140kd polypeptide. Chain: b. Synonym: rpb2. DNA-directed RNA polymerase ii 45kd polypeptide. Chain: c. Synonym: rpb3.
Source: Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast. Yeast
Biol. unit: Decamer (from PQS)
Resolution:
3.00Å     R-factor:   not given    
Authors: P.Cramer,D.A.Bushnell,J.Fu,A.L.Gnatt,B.Maier-Davis, N.E.Thompson,R.R.Burgess,A.M.Edwards,P.R.David,R.D.Kornberg
Key ref:
P.Cramer et al. (2000). Architecture of RNA polymerase II and implications for the transcription mechanism. Science, 288, 640-649. PubMed id: 10784442 DOI: 10.1126/science.288.5466.640
Date:
20-Mar-00     Release date:   29-Apr-00    
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Protein chain
No UniProt id for this chain
Struc:  
Struc:  
Struc: 1213 a.a.
Protein chain
No UniProt id for this chain
Struc:  
Struc: 943 a.a.
Protein chain
No UniProt id for this chain
Struc: 263 a.a.
Protein chains
No UniProt id for this chain
Struc: 110 a.a.
Protein chain
No UniProt id for this chain
Struc: 211 a.a.
Protein chain
No UniProt id for this chain
Struc: 140 a.a.
Protein chain
No UniProt id for this chain
Struc: 117 a.a.
Protein chain
No UniProt id for this chain
Struc: 65 a.a.
Protein chain
No UniProt id for this chain
Struc: 36 a.a.
Key:    Secondary structure

 Enzyme reactions 
   Enzyme class: Chains A, B, C, K, E, F, H, I, J: E.C.2.7.7.6  - DNA-directed Rna polymerase.
[IntEnz]   [ExPASy]   [KEGG]   [BRENDA]
      Reaction: RNA(n) + a ribonucleoside 5'-triphosphate = RNA(n+1) + diphosphate
RNA(n)
+ ribonucleoside 5'-triphosphate
= RNA(n+1)
+ diphosphate
Molecule diagrams generated from .mol files obtained from the KEGG ftp site

 

 
    Added reference    
 
 
DOI no: 10.1126/science.288.5466.640 Science 288:640-649 (2000)
PubMed id: 10784442  
 
 
Architecture of RNA polymerase II and implications for the transcription mechanism.
P.Cramer, D.A.Bushnell, J.Fu, A.L.Gnatt, B.Maier-Davis, N.E.Thompson, R.R.Burgess, A.M.Edwards, P.R.David, R.D.Kornberg.
 
  ABSTRACT  
 
A backbone model of a 10-subunit yeast RNA polymerase II has been derived from x-ray diffraction data extending to 3 angstroms resolution. All 10 subunits exhibit a high degree of identity with the corresponding human proteins, and 9 of the 10 subunits are conserved among the three eukaryotic RNA polymerases I, II, and III. Notable features of the model include a pair of jaws, formed by subunits Rpb1, Rpb5, and Rpb9, that appear to grip DNA downstream of the active center. A clamp on the DNA nearer the active center, formed by Rpb1, Rpb2, and Rpb6, may be locked in the closed position by RNA, accounting for the great stability of transcribing complexes. A pore in the protein complex beneath the active center may allow entry of substrates for polymerization and exit of the transcript during proofreading and passage through pause sites in the DNA.
 
  Selected figure(s)  
 
Figure 4.
Fig. 4. Jaws. (A) Stereoview of structural elements constituting the jaws (left) and the location of these elements within pol II (right). (B) Mobility of the larger, NH[2]-terminal domain of Rpb5. Backbone models of free Rpb5 [gray (47)] and Rpb5 in pol II (pink) are shown with their smaller, COOH-terminal domains superimposed. (C) Conservation of amino acid residues of Rpb5.
Figure 6.
Fig. 6. Topology of the polymerizing complex, and location of Rpb4 and Rpb7. (A) Nucleic acid configuration in polymerizing (top) and backtracking (bottom) complexes. (B) Structural features of functional significance and their location with respect to the nucleic acids. A surface representation of pol II is shown as viewed from the top in Fig. 3. To the surface representation has been added the DNA-RNA hybrid, modeled as nine base pairs of canonical A-DNA (DNA template strand, blue; RNA, red), positioned such that the growing (3') end of the RNA is adjacent to the active site metal and clashes with the protein are avoided. The exact orientation of the hybrid remains to be determined. The nontemplate strand of the DNA within the transcription bubble, single-stranded RNA and the upstream DNA duplex are not shown. (C) Cutaway view with schematic of DNA (blue) and with the helical axis of the DNA-RNA hybrid indicated (dashed white line). An opening in the floor of the cleft that binds nucleic acid exposes the DNA-RNA hybrid (pore 1) to the inverted funnel-shaped cavity below. The plane of section is indicated by a line in (B), and the direction of view perpendicular to this plane (side) is as in Fig. 3. (D) Surface representation as in (B), with direction of view as in (C). The molecular envelope of pol II determined by electron microscopy of 2D crystals at 16 Å resolution is indicated (yellow line), as is the location of subunits Rpb4 and Rpb7 (arrow, Rpb4/7), determined by difference 2D crystallography (25).
 
  The above figures are reprinted by permission from the AAAs: Science (2000, 288, 640-649) copyright 2000.  
  Figures were selected by an automated process.  

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  Mol Cell, 16, 955-965.
PDB codes: 1y1v 1y1w 1y1y 1y77
15287979 J.Gagneur, R.Krause, T.Bouwmeester, and G.Casari (2004).
Modular decomposition of protein-protein interaction networks.
  Genome Biol, 5, R57.  
15537538 K.D.Westover, D.A.Bushnell, and R.D.Kornberg (2004).
Structural basis of transcription: nucleotide selection by rotation in the RNA polymerase II active center.
  Cell, 119, 481-489.
PDB codes: 1r9s 1r9t 1twa 1twc 1twf 1twg 1twh
15367675 L.Delgermaa, N.Hayashi, D.Dorjsuren, T.Nomura, l.e. .T.T.Thuy, and S.Murakami (2004).
Subcellular localization of RPB5-mediating protein and its putative functional partner.
  Mol Cell Biol, 24, 8556-8566.  
14739930 M.Kim, S.H.Ahn, N.J.Krogan, J.F.Greenblatt, and S.Buratowski (2004).
Transitions in RNA polymerase II elongation complexes at the 3' ends of genes.
  EMBO J, 23, 354-364.  
15574497 N.N.Batada, K.D.Westover, D.A.Bushnell, M.Levitt, and R.D.Kornberg (2004).
Diffusion of nucleoside triphosphates and role of the entry site to the RNA polymerase II active center.
  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 101, 17361-17364.  
15196470 P.Cramer (2004).
RNA polymerase II structure: from core to functional complexes.
  Curr Opin Genet Dev, 14, 218-226.  
14704341 R.D.Chapman, B.Palancade, A.Lang, O.Bensaude, and D.Eick (2004).
The last CTD repeat of the mammalian RNA polymerase II large subunit is important for its stability.
  Nucleic Acids Res, 32, 35-44.  
15551274 R.Krause, C.von Mering, P.Bork, and T.Dandekar (2004).
Shared components of protein complexes--versatile building blocks or biochemical artefacts?
  Bioessays, 26, 1333-1343.  
15114340 S.Hahn (2004).
Structure and mechanism of the RNA polymerase II transcription machinery.
  Nat Struct Mol Biol, 11, 394-403.  
12676794 A.Shilatifard, R.C.Conaway, and J.W.Conaway (2003).
The RNA polymerase II elongation complex.
  Annu Rev Biochem, 72, 693-715.  
12746498 D.A.Bushnell, and R.D.Kornberg (2003).
Complete, 12-subunit RNA polymerase II at 4.1-A resolution: implications for the initiation of transcription.
  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 100, 6969-6973.
PDB code: 1nik
12736296 D.Schaft, A.Roguev, K.M.Kotovic, A.Shevchenko, M.Sarov, A.Shevchenko, K.M.Neugebauer, and A.F.Stewart (2003).
The histone 3 lysine 36 methyltransferase, SET2, is involved in transcriptional elongation.
  Nucleic Acids Res, 31, 2475-2482.  
12782794 F.J.Asturias, and J.L.Craighead (2003).
RNA polymerase II at initiation.
  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 100, 6893-6895.  
12914699 H.Kettenberger, K.J.Armache, and P.Cramer (2003).
Architecture of the RNA polymerase II-TFIIS complex and implications for mRNA cleavage.
  Cell, 114, 347-357.
PDB code: 1pqv
12888498 H.Meka, G.Daoust, K.B.Arnvig, F.Werner, P.Brick, and S.Onesti (2003).
Structural and functional homology between the RNAP(I) subunits A14/A43 and the archaeal RNAP subunits E/F.
  Nucleic Acids Res, 31, 4391-4400.  
12907709 H.Mitsuzawa, E.Kanda, and A.Ishihama (2003).
Rpb7 subunit of RNA polymerase II interacts with an RNA-binding protein involved in processing of transcripts.
  Nucleic Acids Res, 31, 4696-4701.  
12618371 J.K.Harris, S.T.Kelley, G.B.Spiegelman, and N.R.Pace (2003).
The genetic core of the universal ancestor.
  Genome Res, 13, 407-412.  
12694606 J.N.Reeve (2003).
Archaeal chromatin and transcription.
  Mol Microbiol, 48, 587-598.  
12746495 K.J.Armache, H.Kettenberger, and P.Cramer (2003).
Architecture of initiation-competent 12-subunit RNA polymerase II.
  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 100, 6964-6968.
PDB code: 1nt9
12719526 M.Pal, and D.S.Luse (2003).
The initiation-elongation transition: lateral mobility of RNA in RNA polymerase II complexes is greatly reduced at +8/+9 and absent by +23.
  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 100, 5700-5705.  
12914698 N.Opalka, M.Chlenov, P.Chacon, W.J.Rice, W.Wriggers, and S.A.Darst (2003).
Structure and function of the transcription elongation factor GreB bound to bacterial RNA polymerase.
  Cell, 114, 335-345.  
12697831 Q.Tan, M.H.Prysak, and N.A.Woychik (2003).
Loss of the Rpb4/Rpb7 subcomplex in a mutant form of the Rpb6 subunit shared by RNA polymerases I, II, and III.
  Mol Cell Biol, 23, 3329-3338.  
12914690 R.C.Conaway, S.E.Kong, and J.W.Conaway (2003).
TFIIS and GreB: two like-minded transcription elongation factors with sticky fingers.
  Cell, 114, 272-274.  
12831886 S.Karlin, J.Mrázek, and A.J.Gentles (2003).
Genome comparisons and analysis.
  Curr Opin Struct Biol, 13, 344-352.  
12756229 T.J.Santangelo, R.A.Mooney, R.Landick, and J.W.Roberts (2003).
RNA polymerase mutations that impair conversion to a termination-resistant complex by Q antiterminator proteins.
  Genes Dev, 17, 1281-1292.  
12737519 W.Wei, J.X.Gu, C.Q.Zhu, F.Y.Sun, D.Dorjsuren, Y.Lin, and S.Murakami (2003).
Interaction with general transcription factor IIF (TFIIF) is required for the suppression of activated transcription by RPB5-mediating protein (RMP).
  Cell Res, 13, 111-120.  
12912922 X.Na, H.O.Duan, E.M.Messing, S.R.Schoen, C.K.Ryan, P.A.di Sant'Agnese, E.A.Golemis, and G.Wu (2003).
Identification of the RNA polymerase II subunit hsRPB7 as a novel target of the von Hippel-Lindau protein.
  EMBO J, 22, 4249-4259.  
14560031 Y.Cui, and C.L.Denis (2003).
In vivo evidence that defects in the transcriptional elongation factors RPB2, TFIIS, and SPT5 enhance upstream poly(A) site utilization.
  Mol Cell Biol, 23, 7887-7901.  
11847118 A.Grove, M.S.Adessa, E.P.Geiduschek, and G.A.Kassavetis (2002).
Marking the start site of RNA polymerase III transcription: the role of constraint, compaction and continuity of the transcribed DNA strand.
  EMBO J, 21, 704-714.  
11839497 A.J.Warren (2002).
Eukaryotic transcription factors.
  Curr Opin Struct Biol, 12, 107-114.  
12350343 A.M.Edwards, B.Kus, R.Jansen, D.Greenbaum, J.Greenblatt, and M.Gerstein (2002).
Bridging structural biology and genomics: assessing protein interaction data with known complexes.
  Trends Genet, 18, 529-536.  
11805306 D.A.Bushnell, P.Cramer, and R.D.Kornberg (2002).
Structural basis of transcription: alpha-amanitin-RNA polymerase II cocrystal at 2.8 A resolution.
  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 99, 1218-1222.
PDB code: 1k83
12407181 G.Peyroche, E.Levillain, M.Siaut, I.Callebaut, P.Schultz, A.Sentenac, M.Riva, and C.Carles (2002).
The A14-A43 heterodimer subunit in yeast RNA pol I and their relationship to Rpb4-Rpb7 pol II subunits.
  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 99, 14670-14675.  
11918671 H.Sakurai, and A.Ishihama (2002).
Level of the RNA polymerase II in the fission yeast stays constant but phosphorylation of its carboxyl terminal domain varies depending on the phase and rate of cell growth.
  Genes Cells, 7, 273-284.  
11784853 J.F.Kugel, and J.A.Goodrich (2002).
Translocation after synthesis of a four-nucleotide RNA commits RNA polymerase II to promoter escape.
  Mol Cell Biol, 22, 762-773.  
12176389 J.L.Craighead, W.H.Chang, and F.J.Asturias (2002).
Structure of yeast RNA polymerase II in solution: implications for enzyme regulation and interaction with promoter DNA.
  Structure, 10, 1117-1125.  
12198314 M.N.Vassylyeva, J.Lee, S.I.Sekine, O.Laptenko, S.Kuramitsu, T.Shibata, Y.Inoue, S.Borukhov, D.G.Vassylyev, and S.Yokoyama (2002).
Purification, crystallization and initial crystallographic analysis of RNA polymerase holoenzyme from Thermus thermophilus.
  Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 58, 1497-1500.  
12210533 P.Cramer (2002).
Common structural features of nucleic acid polymerases.
  Bioessays, 24, 724-729.  
11839495 P.Cramer (2002).
Multisubunit RNA polymerases.
  Curr Opin Struct Biol, 12, 89-97.  
12391170 P.Hu, S.Wu, Y.Sun, C.C.Yuan, R.Kobayashi, M.P.Myers, and N.Hernandez (2002).
Characterization of human RNA polymerase III identifies orthologues for Saccharomyces cerevisiae RNA polymerase III subunits.
  Mol Cell Biol, 22, 8044-8055.  
12323350 R.R.Burgess, and N.E.Thompson (2002).
Advances in gentle immunoaffinity chromatography.
  Curr Opin Biotechnol, 13, 304-308.  
12034815 R.Sijbrandi, U.Fiedler, and H.T.Timmers (2002).
RNA polymerase II complexes in the very early phase of transcription are not susceptible to TFIIS-induced exonucleolytic cleavage.
  Nucleic Acids Res, 30, 2290-2298.  
11904365 S.A.Darst, N.Opalka, P.Chacon, A.Polyakov, C.Richter, G.Zhang, and W.Wriggers (2002).
Conformational flexibility of bacterial RNA polymerase.
  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 99, 4296-4301.  
12411509 S.Li, and M.J.Smerdon (2002).
Rpb4 and Rpb9 mediate subpathways of transcription-coupled DNA repair in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
  EMBO J, 21, 5921-5929.  
11167000 A.A.Best, and G.J.Olsen (2001).
Similar subunit architecture of archaeal and eukaryal RNA polymerases.
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11250146 A.Dvir, J.W.Conaway, and R.C.Conaway (2001).
Mechanism of transcription initiation and promoter escape by RNA polymerase II.
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11179888 C.W.Müller (2001).
Transcription factors: global and detailed views.
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11525729 D.Jeruzalmi, M.O'Donnell, and J.Kuriyan (2001).
Crystal structure of the processivity clamp loader gamma (gamma) complex of E. coli DNA polymerase III.
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PDB code: 1jr3
11290327 E.A.Campbell, N.Korzheva, A.Mustaev, K.Murakami, S.Nair, A.Goldfarb, and S.A.Darst (2001).
Structural mechanism for rifampicin inhibition of bacterial rna polymerase.
  Cell, 104, 901-912.
PDB code: 1i6v
11741548 F.Todone, P.Brick, F.Werner, R.O.Weinzierl, and S.Onesti (2001).
Structure of an archaeal homolog of the eukaryotic RNA polymerase II RPB4/RPB7 complex.
  Mol Cell, 8, 1137-1143.
PDB code: 1go3
11168594 H.Sakurai, and A.Ishihama (2001).
Transcription organization and mRNA levels of the genes for all 12 subunits of the fission yeast RNA polymerase II.
  Genes Cells, 6, 25-36.  
11486042 J.F.Briand, F.Navarro, P.Rematier, C.Boschiero, S.Labarre, M.Werner, G.V.Shpakovski, and P.Thuriaux (2001).
Partners of Rpb8p, a small subunit shared by yeast RNA polymerases I, II and III.
  Mol Cell Biol, 21, 6056-6065.  
11179890 J.H.Laity, B.M.Lee, and P.E.Wright (2001).
Zinc finger proteins: new insights into structural and functional diversity.
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11120893 K.Severinov (2001).
T7 RNA polymerase transcription complex: what you see is not what you get.
  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 98, 5-7.  
11158566 L.Minakhin, S.Bhagat, A.Brunning, E.A.Campbell, S.A.Darst, R.H.Ebright, and K.Severinov (2001).
Bacterial RNA polymerase subunit omega and eukaryotic RNA polymerase subunit RPB6 are sequence, structural, and functional homologs and promote RNA polymerase assembly.
  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 98, 892-897.
PDB code: 1hqm
11331764 L.Spangler, X.Wang, J.W.Conaway, R.C.Conaway, and A.Dvir (2001).
TFIIH action in transcription initiation and promoter escape requires distinct regions of downstream promoter DNA.
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11282465 N.Korzheva, and A.Mustaev (2001).
Transcription elongation complex: structure and function.
  Curr Opin Microbiol, 4, 119-125.  
11592390 R.D.Kornberg (2001).
The eukaryotic gene transcription machinery.
  Biol Chem, 382, 1103-1107.  
11297923 S.A.Darst (2001).
Bacterial RNA polymerase.
  Curr Opin Struct Biol, 11, 155-162.  
11282478 S.D.Bell, and S.P.Jackson (2001).
Mechanism and regulation of transcription in archaea.
  Curr Opin Microbiol, 4, 208-213.  
  11747469 S.Grandemange, S.Schaller, S.Yamano, S.Du Manoir, G.V.Shpakovski, M.G.Mattei, C.Kedinger, and M.Vigneron (2001).
A human RNA polymerase II subunit is encoded by a recently generated multigene family.
  BMC Mol Biol, 2, 14.  
  11454743 S.Rozenfeld, and P.Thuriaux (2001).
A genetic look at the active site of RNA polymerase III.
  EMBO Rep, 2, 598-603.  
11511357 T.M.Gruber, D.Markov, M.M.Sharp, B.A.Young, C.Z.Lu, H.J.Zhong, I.Artsimovitch, K.M.Geszvain, T.M.Arthur, R.R.Burgess, R.Landick, K.Severinov, and C.A.Gross (2001).
Binding of the initiation factor sigma(70) to core RNA polymerase is a multistep process.
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11433015 U.Fiedler, and H.T.Timmers (2001).
Analysis of the open region of RNA polymerase II transcription complexes in the early phase of elongation.
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11514661 W.A.Breyer, and B.W.Matthews (2001).
A structural basis for processivity.
  Protein Sci, 10, 1699-1711.  
11433012 Y.Huang, and R.J.Maraia (2001).
Comparison of the RNA polymerase III transcription machinery in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and human.
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11063578 C.I.Wooddell, and R.R.Burgess (2000).
Topology of yeast RNA polymerase II subunits in transcription elongation complexes studied by photoaffinity cross-linking.
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11046131 D.L.Pappas, and M.Hampsey (2000).
Functional interaction between Ssu72 and the Rpb2 subunit of RNA polymerase II in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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11058130 F.Werner, J.J.Eloranta, and R.O.Weinzierl (2000).
Archaeal RNA polymerase subunits F and P are bona fide homologs of eukaryotic RPB4 and RPB12.
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10981637 G.G.Shipley (2000).
Bilayers and nonbilayers: structure, forces and protein crystallization.
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  11045620 H.T.Chen, P.Legault, J.Glushka, J.G.Omichinski, and R.A.Scott (2000).
Structure of a (Cys3His) zinc ribbon, a ubiquitous motif in archaeal and eucaryal transcription.
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PDB code: 1dl6
11092929 J.Féthière, A.Andersson, K.Keinänen, and D.R.Madden (2000).
Crystallization of an AMPA receptor binding domain without agonist: importance of carbohydrate content and flash-cooling conditions.
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10916156 J.W.Conaway, A.Shilatifard, A.Dvir, and R.C.Conaway (2000).
Control of elongation by RNA polymerase II.
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11027286 M.Douziech, F.Coin, J.M.Chipoulet, Y.Arai, Y.Ohkuma, J.M.Egly, and B.Coulombe (2000).
Mechanism of promoter melting by the xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group B helicase of transcription factor IIH revealed by protein-DNA photo-cross-linking.
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10892647 N.Naryshkin, A.Revyakin, Y.Kim, V.Mekler, and R.H.Ebright (2000).
Structural organization of the RNA polymerase-promoter open complex.
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11118218 R.D.Finn, E.V.Orlova, B.Gowen, M.Buck, and M.van Heel (2000).
Escherichia coli RNA polymerase core and holoenzyme structures.
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11092823 T.I.Lee, and R.A.Young (2000).
Transcription of eukaryotic protein-coding genes.
  Annu Rev Genet, 34, 77.  
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