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ReviewNature reviews. Microbiology2013

Bacterial replication, transcription and translation: mechanistic insights from single-molecule biochemical studies.

Andrew Robinson, Antoine M van Oijen

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Review in Nature reviews. Microbiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Andrew RobinsonZernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Groningen 9747 AG, The Netherlands.
Antoine M van Oijen

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Decades of research have resulted in a remarkably detailed understanding of the molecular mechanisms of bacterial DNA replication, transcription and translation. Our understanding of the kinetics and physical mechanisms that drive these processes forward has been expanded by the ability of single-molecule in vitro techniques, such as force spectroscopy and single-molecule Förster (fluorescence) resonance energy transfer (smFRET), to capture short-lived intermediate states in complex pathways. Furthermore, these technologies have revealed novel mechanisms that support enzyme processivity and govern the assembly of large multicomponent complexes. Here, we summarize the application of in vitro single-molecule studies to the analysis of fundamental bacterial processes, with a focus on the most recent functional insights that have been gained from fluorescence-based methods.

Indexed as

DNA ReplicationProtein BiosynthesisTranscription, GeneticBacterial Physiological PhenomenaDNA, BacterialFluorescence Resonance Energy TransferDNA, Bacterial

Identifiers

PMID23549067

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