INITIAL TRANSCRIPTION BY RNA POLYMERASE PROCEEDS THROUGH A DNA-SCRUNCHING MECHANISM: Single-molecule fluorescence-resonance-energy-transfer experiments establish that initial transcription proceeds through a “scrunching” mechanism, in which RNA polymerase remains fixed on promoter DNA and pulls downstream DNA into itself and past its active center.

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