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ArticleCritical reviews in biochemistry and molecular biology2020

NusG-dependent RNA polymerase pausing is a frequent function of this universally conserved transcription elongation factor.

Alexander V Yakhnin, Mikhail Kashlev, Paul Babitzke

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Article in Critical reviews in biochemistry and molecular biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. An ensemble of interconverting conformations of the elemental paused transcription complex creates regulatory options.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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  13. Allosteric mechanism of transcription inhibition by NusG-dependent pausing of RNA polymerase.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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  15. Structural and mechanistic basis of σ-dependent transcriptional pausing.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alexander V YakhninNCI RNA Biology Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, Frederick, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7313-7054
Mikhail KashlevNCI RNA Biology Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, Frederick, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1260-6486
Paul BabitzkeDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for RNA Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2481-1062
Center for Cancer Research · USPennsylvania State University · US

Funding

Regulation of transcription elongationR01GM098399 · NIGMS · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI BABITZKE, PAUL L · 2012 to 2024
$3.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM098399
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although transcription by RNA polymerase (RNAP) is highly processive, elongation can be transiently halted by RNAP pausing. Pausing provides time for diverse regulatory events to occur such as RNA folding and regulatory factor binding. The transcription elongation factors NusA and NusG dramatically affect the frequency and duration of RNAP pausing, and hence regulation of transcription. NusG is the only transcription factor conserved in all three domains of life; its homolog in archaea and eukaryotes is Spt5. This review focuses on NusG-dependent pausing, which is a common occurrence in

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Bacillus subtilisBacterial ProteinsDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesGene Expression Regulation, BacterialPhylogenyTranscriptional Elongation FactorsTranscription FactorsBacterial ProteinsDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesTranscriptional Elongation FactorsTranscription Factorsgene regulationNusGriboswitchRNA polymerase pausingSpt5transcription attenuationtranslation control

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PMID33003953
PMCPMC9404317
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