How does transcription attenuation cause RNA Polymerase to terminate?

Subject: How does transcription attenuation cause RNA Polymerase to terminate?

Date: Mon Apr 10 06:00:36 2006
Posted by Melanie
Grade level: undergrad School: University Of Nottingham
City: Nottingham State/Province: No state entered. Country: UK
Area of science: Molecular Biology
ID: 1144674036.Mb

Message:


Why does the formation of a terminator loop in the mRNA cause the RNA 
polymerase to disengage from the DNA, such as in transcription attenuation in 
the control of the trp operon? How come the formation of the anti-terminator 
structure doesn't de-stabilisng RNA polymerase, but the terminator loop does?

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