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Something went wrong. Quantitative analysis of promoter mutations suggests that the extent and pattern of abortive initiation and promoter escape is determined by the sequence of promoter elements, both in the promoter recognition region PRR and the initial transcribed sequence ITS.
A general correlation has been found that the stronger the promoter DNA-polymerase interaction, the poorer the ability of RNA polymerase to escape the promoter. In gene regulation, promoter escape can be the rate-limiting step for transcription initiation.
An increasing number of regulatory proteins are known to exert their control at this step. Examples are discussed with an emphasis on the diverse mechanisms involved. At the molecular level, the X-ray crystal structures of RNA polymerase and its various transcription complexes provide the framework for understanding the functional data on abortive initiation and promoter escape. Based on structural and biochemical evidence, a mechanism for abortive initiation and promoter escape is described.
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