Structural basis of transcription: mismatch-specific fidelity mechanisms and paused RNA polymerase II with frayed RNA.
Sydow, J.F., Brueckner, F., Cheung, A.C.M., Damsma, G.E., Dengl, S., Lehmann, E., Vassylyev, D., Cramer, P.(2009) Mol.Cell 34: 710-721
- PubMed: 19560423 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2009.06.002
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- PubMed Abstract: 
We show that RNA polymerase (Pol) II prevents erroneous transcription in vitro with different strategies that depend on the type of DNARNA base mismatch. Certain mismatches are efficiently formed but impair RNA extension. Other mismatches allow for R ...