Events during Initiation of Archaeal Transcription: Open Complex Formation and DNA-Protein Interactions

Five intermediate complexes in transcription initiation by RNA polymerase II

1989 • 1,033 citations

Open complex formation by Escherichia coli RNA polymerase: the mechanism of polymerase‐induced strand separation of double helical DNA

1995 • 319 citations

Methanococcus thermolithotrophicus, a novel thermophilic lithotrophic methanogen

1982 • 304 citations

Transcription in archaea: similarity to that in eucarya.

1995 • 289 citations

TBP-TAF complexes: selectivity factors for eukaryotic transcription

1994 • 250 citations

Opening of an RNA polymerase II promoter occurs in two distinct steps and requires the basal transcription factors IIE and IIH.

1996 • 238 citations

Interaction of RNA polymerase with lacUV5 promoter DNA during mRNA initiation and elongation

1985 • 207 citations

Mutational analysis of an archaebacterial promoter: essential role of a TATA box for transcription efficiency and start-site selection in vitro.

1990 • 203 citations

The TATA-Binding Protein: a General Transcription Factor in Eukaryotes and Archaebacteria

1994 • 183 citations

Three transitions in the RNA polymerase II transcription complex during initiation

1997 • 181 citations

An archaebacterial promoter element for stable RNA genes with homology to the TATA box of higher eukaryotes

1988 • 156 citations

Structural analysis of ternary complexes of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase

1992 • 154 citations

The structural basis for the oriented assembly of a TBP/TFB/promoter complex

1999 • 151 citations

Orientation of the transcription preinitiation complex in Archaea

1999 • 151 citations

Factor requirements for transcription in the Archaeon Sulfolobus shibatae

1997 • 134 citations

Sequence-Specific DNA Binding by the S. shibatae TFIIB Homolog, TFB, and Its Effect on Promoter Strength

1998 • 133 citations

Control regions of an archaeal gene

1991 • 126 citations

Two Transcription Factors Related with the Eucaryal Transcription Factors TATA-binding Protein and Transcription Factor IIB Direct Promoter Recognition by an Archaeal RNA Polymerase

1996 • 116 citations

Transcription initiation by RNA polymerase II does not require hydrolysis of the beta-gamma phosphoanhydride bond of ATP.

1994 • 99 citations

Transcription Factor S, a Cleavage Induction Factor of the Archaeal RNA Polymerase

2000 • 88 citations

Temperature, template topology, and factor requirements of archaeal transcription

1998 • 80 citations

In vitro transcription of two rRNA genes of the archaebacterium Sulfolobus sp. B12 indicates a factor requirement for specific initiation.

1990 • 69 citations

Functional interaction of yeast and human TATA-binding proteins with an archaeal RNA polymerase and promoter.

1995 • 63 citations

An archaebacterial cell-free transcription system. The expression of tRNA genes fromMethanococcus vannieliiis mediated by a transcription factor

1990 • 60 citations

An archaebacterial RNA polymerase binding site and transcription initiation of thehisA gene inMethanococcus vannielii

1988 • 52 citations

RNA Polymerase II Elongation Complexes Paused after the Synthesis of 15- or 35-Base Transcripts Have Different Structures

1991 • 45 citations

An archaebacterial promoter sequence assigned by RNA polymerase binding experiments

1989 • 42 citations

Purification and characterization of a general transcription factor, aTFB, from the archaeon Methanococcus thermolithotrophicus.

1993 • 38 citations

Multiple ATP-dependent steps in RNA polymerase II promoter melting and initiation

1997 • 38 citations

Nucleotide Requirements for Activated RNA Polymerase II Open Complex Formation in Vitro

1995 • 38 citations

Promoter recognition in archaea is mediated by transcription factors: identification of transcription factor aTFB fromMethanococcus thermolithotrophicusas archaeal TATA-binding protein

1995 • 33 citations