One-step DNA melting in the RNA polymerase cleft opens the initiation bubble to form an unstable open complex

Allosteric control of Escherichia coli rRNA promoter complexes by DksA

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RNA polymerase II–TFIIB structure and mechanism of transcription initiation

(2009) Dirk Kostrewa et al.   NATURE

DNA melting by RNA polymerase at the T7A1 promoter precedes the rate-limiting step at 37°C and results in the accumulation of an off-pathway intermediate

(2009) Anastasia Rogozina et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Structure of an RNA Polymerase II-TFIIB Complex and the Transcription Initiation Mechanism

(2009) X. Liu et al.   SCIENCE

Direct Detection of Abortive RNA Transcripts in Vivo

(2009) S. R. Goldman et al.   SCIENCE

Evidence for a Tyrosine–Adenine Stacking Interaction and for a Short-lived Open Intermediate Subsequent to Initial Binding of Escherichia coli RNA Polymerase to Promoter DNA

(2008) Lisa A. Schroeder et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Transcription inactivation through local refolding of the RNA polymerase structure

(2008) Georgiy A. Belogurov et al.   NATURE

Advances in bacterial promoter recognition and its control by factors that do not bind DNA

(2008) Shanil P. Haugen et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Late Steps in the Formation of E. coli RNA Polymerase—λPR Promoter Open Complexes: Characterization of Conformational Changes by Rapid [Perturbant] Upshift Experiments

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