Enzymes called RNA polymerases transcribe DNA into RNA. RNA is the intermediary that carries the information contained within DNA to the ribosomes, where the genetic information is synthesized into ...

Gene expression is linked to RNA transcription, which cannot happen without RNA polymerase. However, this is where the similarities between prokaryote and eukaryote expression end. Central to the ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 119, No. 3 (January 18, 2022), pp. 1-7 (7 pages) Elongating RNA polymerase II (Pol II) can be paused or arrested ...

Rpb1, the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II (RNAPII), is rapidly polyubiquitinated and degraded in response to DNA damage; this process is considered to be a “mechanism of last resort” employed by ...