RIBOSOMAL-RNA TRANSCRIPTION RATE IN ESCHERICHIA-COLI

被引:71
作者
GOTTA, SL [1 ]
MILLER, OL [1 ]
FRENCH, SL [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV VIRGINIA,DEPT BIOL,CHARLOTTESVILLE,VA 22903
关键词
D O I
10.1128/jb.173.20.6647-6649.1991
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
The rate of in vivo transcription elongation for Escherichia coli rRNA operons was determined by electron microscopy following addition of rifampin to log-phase cultures. Direct observation of RNA polymerase positions along rRNA operons 30, 40, and 70 s after inhibition of transcription initiation yielded a transcription elongation rate of 42 nucleotides per s.
引用
收藏
页码:6647 / 6649
页数:3
相关论文
共 24 条
[1]   LINKAGE MAP OF ESCHERICHIA-COLI K-12, EDITION-8 [J].
BACHMANN, BJ .
MICROBIOLOGICAL REVIEWS, 1990, 54 (02) :130-197
[2]   RNA CHAIN GROWTH-RATE IN ESCHERICHIA COLI [J].
BREMER, H ;
YUAN, D .
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 1968, 38 (02) :163-&
[3]   Modelling carbon responses of tundra ecosystems to historical and projected climate: sensitivity of pan-Arctic carbon storage to temporal and spatial variation in climate [J].
McGuire, AD ;
Clein, JS ;
Melillo, JM ;
Kicklighter, DW ;
Meier, RA ;
Vorosmarty, CJ ;
Serreze, MC .
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, 2000, 6 :141-159
[4]   GENE ORGANIZATION AND PRIMARY STRUCTURE OF A RIBOSOMAL-RNA OPERON FROM ESCHERICHIA-COLI [J].
BROSIUS, J ;
DULL, TJ ;
SLEETER, DD ;
NOLLER, HF .
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 1981, 148 (02) :107-127
[5]   REGULATION OF RIBONUCLEIC-ACID SYNTHESIS IN ESCHERICHIA-COLI B/R - ANALYSIS OF A SHIFT-UP .1. RIBOSOMAL-RNA CHAIN GROWTH-RATES [J].
DENNIS, PP ;
BREMER, H .
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 1973, 75 (01) :145-159
[6]   RATE OF CHAIN ELONGATION OF RIBOSOMAL-RNA MOLECULES IN ESCHERICHIA-COLI [J].
DOUGAN, AH ;
GLASER, DA .
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 1974, 87 (04) :775-795
[7]   CHROMOSOMAL LOCATIONS OF THE GENES FOR RIBOSOMAL-RNA IN ESCHERICHIA-COLI K-12 [J].
ELLWOOD, M ;
NOMURA, M .
JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 1982, 149 (02) :458-468
[8]   TRANSCRIPTION MAPPING OF THE ESCHERICHIA-COLI CHROMOSOME BY ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY [J].
FRENCH, SL ;
MILLER, OL .
JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 1989, 171 (08) :4207-4216
[9]   DNA DETERMINANTS OF RIBOSOMAL-RNA SYNTHESIS IN ESCHERICHIA-COLI - GROWTH-RATE DEPENDENT REGULATION, FEEDBACK INHIBITION, UPSTREAM ACTIVATION, ANTITERMINATION [J].
GOURSE, RL ;
DEBOER, HA ;
NOMURA, M .
CELL, 1986, 44 (01) :197-205
[10]   ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY OF GENETIC ACTIVITY [J].
HAMKALO, BA ;
MILLER, OL .
ANNUAL REVIEW OF BIOCHEMISTRY, 1973, 42 :379-396