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Studies of promoter recognition and start site selection by T7 RNA polymerase using a comprehensive collection of promoter variants.
Biochemistry - 29 Aug 2000
Imburgio D, Rong M, Ma K, McAllister W T
Abstract excerpt
We have examined the behavior of T7 RNA polymerase (RNAP) at a set of promoter variants having all possible single base pair (bp) substitutions. The polymerase exhibits an absolute requirement for initiation with a purine and a strong preference for initiation with GTP vs ATP. Promoter variants that would require initiation at the normal start site (+1) with CTP or UTP result in a shift in initiation to +2 (with...
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