A long time in the making--the Nobel Prize for RNA polymerase.
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Abstract
The 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Roger Kornberg for elucidating the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription. The prize caps a decades-long quest to unlock one of the central mysteries of molecular biology-how RNA transcripts are assembled.
Medical subject headings
- Chemistry
- Nobel Prize
- RNA Polymerase II
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- Transcription, Genetic