RNA polymerase elongation rate on an intact rrn operon
| Range | ~90 nts/sec |
|---|---|
| Organism | Bacteria Escherichia coli |
| Reference | Condon C, French S, Squires C, Squires CL. Depletion of functional ribosomal RNA operons in Escherichia coli causes increased expression of the remaining intact copies. EMBO J. 1993 Nov12(11):4305-15. p.4309 right column bottom paragraphPubMed ID8223440 |
| Method | "[researchers] calculated the rate of RNA polymerase elongation on an intact rrn operon from the kinetics of appearance of the unique tRNATrP at the end of rrnC." |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 109084 |