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. 2014 Feb 4;9(2):e88097. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088097

Figure 5. In vitro transcription attenuation assays.

Figure 5

(A) Diagram of DNA templates used for in vitro transcription attenuation assays. The two major transcripts produced from these templates include read through (RT; ∼140 nts) and terminated (T: ∼320 nts) transcripts are shown below the diagram of the template. (B) 6% polyacrylamide-8M urea gel electrophoresis analysis of the products of in vitro transcription of the wild type (WT), U-stretch (US), mismatch stem (MM), and disrupted stem (DS) templates in the absence and presence of 0.25 or 0.5 µM TRAP. Positions of read through (RT = 320 nt) and terminated (T = 140 nt) transcripts are indicated at left side of the figure. The percentage of transcripts terminating at the attenuator (%T) for each reaction is shown at the bottom of each lane.