MODIFIED RNA-POLYMERASE TRANSCRIBES A CLONED GENE UNDER SPORULATION CONTROL IN BACILLUS-SUBTILIS

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HALDENWANG, WG
LOSICK, R
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[1] Biological Laboratories, Harvard University, Cambridge
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10.1038/282256a0
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
A modified form of RNA polymerase from B. subtilis selectively transcribes a cloned gene under early sporulation control. This RNA polymerase lacks .sigma. factor but contains a newly identified subunit of MW 37,000, termed P37. P37 could be a regulatory protein that partly controls an early stage of spore development.
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