TRANSCRIPTIONAL ANTITERMINATION

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作者
GREENBLATT, J [1 ]
NODWELL, JR [1 ]
MASON, SW [1 ]
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[1] UNIV TORONTO,DEPT MOLEC & MED GENET,TORONTO M5G 1L6,ONTARIO,CANADA
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10.1038/364401a0
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Antiterminator proteins control gene expression by recognizing control signals near the promoter and preventing transcriptional termination which would otherwise occur at sites that may be a long way downstream. The N protein of bacteriophage lambda recognizes a sequence in the nascent RNA, and modifies RNA polymerase by catalysing the formation of a stable ribonucleo-protein complex on its surface, whereas the lambda Q protein recognizes a sequence in the DNA. These mechanisms of antitermination in lambda provide models for analysing antitermination in viruses such as HIV-1 and in eukaryotic genes.
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页码:401 / 406
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