RNA polymerase: structural determinant of the chromatin loop and the chromosome - PubMed (original) (raw)

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RNA polymerase: structural determinant of the chromatin loop and the chromosome

P R Cook. Bioessays. 1994 Jun.

Abstract

Current models for RNA synthesis involve an RNA polymerase that tracks along a static template. However, research on chromatin loops suggests that the template slides past a stationary polymerase; individual polymerases tie the chromatin fibre into loops and clusters of polymerases determine the basic structure of the interphase and metaphase chromosome. RNA polymerase is then both a player and a manager of the chromosome loop.

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