Reporter for RNA Polymerase II Termination

摘要

A “tandem” reporter construct is disclosed that is capable of assaying RNA transcription termination. The ratio of expression between an upstream reporter and a downstream reporter as compared to the ratio observed for a control construct provides a measure of the relative rate of successful elongation through the intervening sequence. In one embodiment, two self-cleaving ribozymes separate the reporters from a test sequence between them.