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Review
. 1997 Feb 1;7(2):R97-9.
doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(06)00047-9.

Identification of a prime suspect

H Buc  1
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Identification of a prime suspect

H Buc. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

Recent findings help to define the multiple functions of the sigma subunit of bacterial RNA polymerase, from promoter recognition to the release of pausing during initial RNA elongation; these functions can now be confronted with a crystal structure of an essential domain of the sigma subunit.

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