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Control of Template Specificity of E. coli RNA Polymerase by a Phage-coded Protein

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The protein specified by the T7 phage gene I co-purifies with the RNA polymerase from phage infected E. coli. It also determines the fidelity of template strand selection during in vitro RNA synthesis with T7 DNA as template.

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SUMMERS, W., SIEGEL, R. Control of Template Specificity of E. coli RNA Polymerase by a Phage-coded Protein. Nature 223, 1111–1113 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2231111a0

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