RNA polymerase elongation factors

Annu Rev Microbiol. 2008:62:211-33. doi: 10.1146/annurev.micro.61.080706.093422.

Abstract

The elongation phase of transcription by RNA polymerase is highly regulated and modulated. Both general and operon-specific elongation factors determine the local rate and extent of transcription to coordinate the appearance of transcript with its use as a messenger or functional ribonucleoprotein or regulatory element, as well as to provide operon-specific gene regulation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Bacteria / genetics
  • Bacteria / metabolism*
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism*
  • Bacteriophage lambda / metabolism
  • Base Sequence
  • DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / metabolism*
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Escherichia coli / metabolism
  • Escherichia coli Proteins / metabolism
  • Models, Biological
  • RNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • RNA, Bacterial / metabolism
  • Transcription, Genetic
  • Transcriptional Elongation Factors / metabolism*
  • Viral Proteins / metabolism

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Escherichia coli Proteins
  • RNA, Bacterial
  • Transcriptional Elongation Factors
  • Viral Proteins
  • DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases