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Pol II caught speeding by single gene imaging
Author(s) -
Can Danielle,
Chubb Jonathan R
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/embor.2011.217
Subject(s) - biology , physics
Different studies using various techniques have estimated the elongation rate of RNA Pol II to range between 1 and 6 kb/min. Here, Cannon and Chubb comment on a report published online this month in which A. Marcello and colleagues show that Pol II speed is not only variable but can be as high as 100 kb/min.