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ArticleeLife2019

The elemental mechanism of transcriptional pausing.

Jason Saba, Xien Yu Chua, Tatiana V Mishanina, Dhananjaya Nayak, Tricia A Windgassen, Rachel Anne Mooney, Robert Landick

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Article in eLife, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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48citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 79 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jason SabaDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7273-2970
Xien Yu ChuaDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2455-9493
Tatiana V MishaninaDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States.
Dhananjaya NayakDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States.
Tricia A WindgassenDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States.
Rachel Anne MooneyDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States.
Robert LandickDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-5042-0383
University of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

BIOTECHNOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM008349 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI FOX, BRIAN G · 1989 to 2019
$22.5M
STRUCTURE/FUNCTION OF TRANSCRIPTION COMPLEX RNA HAIRPINSR01GM038660 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Robert Landick · 1992 to 2026
$12.2M
Biotechnology Training ProgramT32GM135066 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI SCOTT M. COYLE, BRIAN G FOX · 2020 to 2026
$7.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM038660NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM38660NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008349NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM135066
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transcriptional pausing underlies regulation of cellular RNA biogenesis. A consensus pause sequence that acts on RNA polymerases (RNAPs) from bacteria to mammals halts RNAP in an elemental paused state from which longer-lived pauses can arise. Although the structural foundations of pauses prolonged by backtracking or nascent RNA hairpins are recognized, the fundamental mechanism of the elemental pause is less well-defined. Here we report a mechanistic dissection that establishes the elemental pause signal (

Indexed as

Transcription, GeneticBase PairingBase SequenceConsensus SequenceDNAKineticsMutationNucleotidesRNATemplates, GeneticTranscription Elongation, GeneticDNANucleotidesRNAbiochemistrychemical biologychromosomesE. coligene expressiongene regulationRNA polymerasetranscription

Identifiers

PMID30618376
PMCPMC6336406
OpenAlexW2953225123

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