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Abortive Initiation

Abortive Initiation is a molecular biology phenomenon in which RNA polymerase initiates transcription but releases short, nonproductive RNA transcripts before escaping the promoter, thereby failing to proceed to elongation.

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Oligoribonucleotide synthesis using T7 RNA polymerase and synthetic DNA templates

John F. Milligan, Duncan R. Groebe, Gary W. Witherell et al. · Nucleic Acids Research · 1987 · 2.2K citations · Full text

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RETRACTED: The RasGAP-associated endoribonuclease G3BP assembles stress granules

Hélène Tourrière, Karim Chébli, Latifa Zekri et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology · 2003 · 854 citations · Full text

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Structural Basis of Transcription Initiation: RNA Polymerase Holoenzyme at 4 Å Resolution

Katsuhiko Murakami, Shoko Masuda, Seth A. Darst · Science · 2002 · 552 citations

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Abortive Initiation and Productive Initiation by RNA Polymerase Involve DNA Scrunching

Andrey Revyakin, Chenyu Liu, Richard H. Ebright et al. · Science · 2006 · 403 citations · Full text

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Stressful initiations

Paul Anderson, Nancy Kedersha · Journal of Cell Science · 2002 · 378 citations

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Authors

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  1. LM
    Lilian M. Hsu

    Mount Holyoke College, United States

    9 publications · 417 citations

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  2. WR
    William R. McClure

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    8 publications · 638 citations

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  3. JD
    Jay D. Gralla

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    4 publications · 151 citations

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  4. NV
    Nam V. Vo

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    4 publications · 286 citations

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  5. MJ
    Michael J. Chamberlin

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    4 publications · 286 citations

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Institutions

116

  1. Mount Holyoke College

    South Hadley, United States

    9 h-index

    31 publications

    1.6K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    31 publications

    7K citations

  3. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    7 h-index

    19 publications

    2.6K citations

  4. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    6 h-index

    17 publications

    997 citations

  5. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    2.1K citations

  6. University at Buffalo, State University of New York

    Buffalo, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    263 citations

  7. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    1.2K citations

  8. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    3 h-index

    12 publications

    644 citations

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  1. Journal of Biological Chemistry

    JBC · 26 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. Nucleic Acids Research

    12 publications · 2.7K citations

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  3. Biochemistry

    12 publications · 600 citations

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  4. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 10 publications · 898 citations

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  5. Journal of Molecular Biology

    JMB · 5 publications · 163 citations

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