A model for transcription termination by RNA polymerase I

Walter H. Lang; Bernice E. Morrow; Qida Ju; Jonathan R. Warner; Ronald H. Reeder

doi:10.1016/0092-8674(94)90261-5

A model for transcription termination by RNA polymerase I

Walter H. Lang, Bernice E. Morrow, Qida Ju, Jonathan R. Warner, Ronald H. Reeder

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The transcription termination site for yeast RNA polymerase I requires not only an 11 bp binding site for Reb1p, but also about 46 bp of 5′ flanking sequence. We propose that Reb1p bound to its site is part of a pause element, while the 5′ flanking sequence contains a release element. Pausing requires little other than the DNA-binding domain of Reb1p and is not specific for polymerase I. The release element, however, can be polymerase specific. We propose a general model for eukaryotic transcription terminators in which termination occurs when a relatively nonspecific signal induces polymerase to pause in the context of a release element.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	527-534
Number of pages	8
Journal	Cell
Volume	79
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0092-8674(94)90261-5
State	Published - Nov 4 1994

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