Plasmids 101: Terminators and PolyA signals
Type
Blog Post
Published
March 31, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
...single RNA polymerase for transcription, eukaryotes have three RNA polymerases (Polymerases I, II, and...different types of RNA: Polymerase I is responsible for ribosomal RNA, Polymerase II is responsible for ...noted that each eukaryotic RNA polymerase terminates differently. Polymerase III, for example, relies on ...dependent, Polymerases I and II employ different mechanisms to terminate transcription. Polymerase I uses ...mechanism, whereas Polymerase II termination is more complex and involves two RNA polymerase-associated proteins...rho-independent. Rho factor is a helicase which assists RNA polymerase in the termination of the transcript. Rho-dependent...for mRNA and miRNAs, and Polymerase III transcribes tRNA and other short RNAs. Although not as well studied...