CoSMoS unravels mysteries of transcription initiation.

Gourse, Richard L; Landick, Robert · Cell · 2012

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Using a fluorescence method called colocalization single-molecule spectroscopy (CoSMoS), Friedman and Gelles dissect the kinetics of transcription initiation at a bacterial promoter. Ultimately, CoSMoS could greatly aid the study of the effects of DNA sequence and transcription factors on both prokaryotic and eukaryotic promoters.