Electron microscopic analysis of transcription: mapping of initiation sites and direction of transcription.

AUTOR(ES)

Brack, C

RESUMO

An electron microscope technique is described that allows rapid characterization of transcription in vitro. DNA is transcribed with Escherichia coli RNA polymerase in vitro, and the RNA is hybridized to its template. Measurement of the resulting transcription R-loop molecules allows accurate mapping of transcription initiation sites (promoter sites) and analysis of the direction and rate of transcription and the level of transcription from each initiation site. The two major early promoters pR and pL of bacteriophage lambda have been mapped within 0.1-0.3 map units of the known positions and three additional sites have been confirmed. Six transcription initiation sites have been preliminarily mapped on plasmid pSF2124 DNA.

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