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A class of RNA polymerase mutants of B. subtilis fails to sporulate. The same mutational alteration prevents the change in template specificity of the enzyme characteristic of sporulating wild-type cells, suggesting that this change plays an essential part in the sporulation process.
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SONENSHEIN, A., LOSICK, R. RNA Polymerase Mutants blocked in Sporulation. Nature 227, 906–909 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/227906a0
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