How NpnNs initiate bacterial transcription (IMAGE)

Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IOCB Prague)

How NpnNs initiate bacterial transcription

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This work shows how NpnNs initiate bacterial transcription. Cryo-EM reveals how nucleobases pair with the template: one in canonical and one in reverse Watson–Crick mode, providing a structural basis for their function as non-canonical RNA caps.

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