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Transcription-coupled hypernegative supercoiling of plasmid DNA by T7 RNA polymerase in Escherichia coli topoisomerase I-deficient strains.
Journal of molecular biology - 7 Dec 2007
Samul Rebecca, Leng Fenfei
Abstract excerpt
Transcription by RNA polymerase can stimulate negative DNA supercoiling in Escherichia coli topA strains. This phenomenon has been explained by a "twin-supercoiled-domain" model of transcription in which positive DNA supercoils are generated in front of a translocating RNA polymerase and negative supercoils behind it. However, since there is lack of a specific system to study the factors governing this...
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