Zhang X, Schleif R
Biology Department, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.
Nucleic Acids Res. 1996 Jul 1;24(13):2575-7. doi: 10.1093/nar/24.13.2575.
The kinetics of open complex formation were measured by migration retardation assay and DNase I footprinting at the activator-dependent promoters ara P1, lac P1 and gal P1. In each case, the rate of open complex formation was significantly faster if the activator, AraC for ara and CAP for lac and gal, had been added before RNA polymerase. The results indicate that complexes of transcriptional activators, RNA polymerase and promoter can exist in two states, one which can form open complexes rapidly and one which cannot.
通过迁移阻滞分析和DNase I足迹法,在依赖激活剂的ara P1、lac P1和gal P1启动子处测定开放复合物形成的动力学。在每种情况下,如果在RNA聚合酶之前加入激活剂(ara的AraC以及lac和gal的CAP),开放复合物形成的速率会显著加快。结果表明,转录激活剂、RNA聚合酶和启动子的复合物可以存在两种状态,一种能够快速形成开放复合物,另一种则不能。