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Change in the Template Specificity of RNA Polymerase during Sporulation of Bacillus subtilis

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RNA polymerase from sporulating cells of Bacillus subtilis fails to transcribe phage ϕe DNA in vitro while RNA polymerase from vegetative cells is active with the same template.

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  1. The Biological Laboratories, Harvard University,

    RICHARD LOSICK

  2. Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    ABRAHAM L. SONENSHEIN

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LOSICK, R., SONENSHEIN, A. Change in the Template Specificity of RNA Polymerase during Sporulation of Bacillus subtilis. Nature 224, 35–37 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/224035a0

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