RNA Polymerase Pausing and Elongation

RNA polymerase pausing and elongation factors help control how RNA is made from DNA. During transcription, RNA polymerase moves along the gene and builds an RNA strand. Elongation factors support this process by helping the enzyme continue after it pauses.

These factors are part of the elongation...

Once transcription is initiated in the cell, the initial transcription factors are released from the pre-initiation complex. 

The RNA polymerase must then add new nucleotides to the 3′ end of the growing RNA strand in a phase called transcription elongation. 

Elongation in eukaryotes is challenging, as the DNA in a non-dividing cel...