• Thumbnail for RNA polymerase
    In molecular biology, RNA polymerase (abbreviated RNAP or RNApol), or more specifically DNA-directed/dependent RNA polymerase (DdRP), is an enzyme that...
    43 KB (5,103 words) - 04:31, 6 September 2024
  • RNA polymerase 1 (also known as Pol I) is, in higher eukaryotes, the polymerase that only transcribes ribosomal RNA (but not 5S rRNA, which is synthesized...
    13 KB (1,695 words) - 16:45, 17 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for RNA-dependent RNA polymerase
    RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) or RNA replicase is an enzyme that catalyzes the replication of RNA from an RNA template. Specifically, it catalyzes...
    27 KB (3,099 words) - 15:01, 25 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Polymerase
    biochemistry, a polymerase is an enzyme (EC 2.7.7.6/7/19/48/49) that synthesizes long chains of polymers or nucleic acids. DNA polymerase and RNA polymerase are used...
    7 KB (673 words) - 23:08, 9 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for RNA polymerase II
    RNA polymerase II (RNAP II and Pol II) is a multiprotein complex that transcribes DNA into precursors of messenger RNA (mRNA) and most small nuclear RNA...
    27 KB (3,100 words) - 17:09, 21 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ribosomal RNA
    synthesis of pre-RNA. This requires the presence of all three RNA polymerases. In fact, the transcription of pre-RNA by RNA polymerase I accounts for about...
    60 KB (7,195 words) - 10:17, 11 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Eukaryotic transcription
    transportable complementary RNA replica. Gene transcription occurs in both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. Unlike prokaryotic RNA polymerase that initiates the...
    49 KB (5,861 words) - 10:12, 12 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Transcription preinitiation complex
    the PIC. Preinitiation complexes are also formed during RNA Polymerase I and RNA Polymerase III transcription. A classical view of PIC formation at the...
    11 KB (1,210 words) - 12:30, 16 November 2023
  • cells, RNA polymerase III (also called Pol III) is a protein that transcribes DNA to synthesize 5S ribosomal RNA, tRNA, and other small RNAs. The genes...
    11 KB (1,365 words) - 00:30, 4 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for DNA polymerase I
    that a radioactive polymer of DNA, not RNA, could be retrieved. To initiate the purification of DNA polymerase, the researchers added streptomycin sulfate...
    15 KB (1,871 words) - 06:15, 30 May 2024