Useful Links / Further Reading
| The Nobel Laureate |
| Roger D. Kornberg, Stanford University School of Medicine |
| Transcription |
| Film of transcription, The Dolan DNA learning center – genes in education (Media showcase; Transcription: DNA codes for mRNA, 3D animation) |
| Original scientific articles |
| Cramer, P., Bushnell, D.A. and Kornberg, R.D. (2001) Structural basis of transcription: RNA polymerase II at 2.8 ångstrom resolution. Science 292, 1863-1876. |
| Gnatt, A.L., Cramer, P., Fu, J., Bushnell, D.A. and Kornberg, R.D. (2001) Structural basis of transcription: An RNA polymerase II elongation complex at 3.3 Å resolution. Science 292, 1876-1882. |
| Bushnell, D.A., Westover, K.D., Davis, R.E. and Kornberg, R.D. (2004) Structural basis of transcription: An RNA polymerase II – TFIIB cocrystal at 4.5 angstroms. Science 303, 983-988. |
| Review article |
| Boeger, H., Bushnell, D.A., Davis, R., Griesenbeck, J., Lorch, Y., Strattan, J.S., Westover, K.D. and Kornberg, R.D. (2005). Structural basis of eukaryotic gene transcription. FEBS Lett. 579, 899-903. |
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