Stanford scientists directly monitor RNA polymerase (which is way cooler than it sounds)
They’ve perfected a technique to allow, for the first time, protein activity to be directly monitored. They’ve focused on RNA polymerase, and have proposed a mechanical action theory about how RNAP moves up the DNA chain.
The technique is directly applicable to a whole host of other biochemical processes.
That’s just incredibly cool.
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/pr/2005/pr-dna-110905.html
