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A phage-induced subunit has been purified from phage SP01-modified Bacillus subtilis RNA polymerase. This subunit binds in vitro to RNA polymerase core from uninfected B. subtilis thereby inducing template-selective transcription and asymmetric synthesis of SP01 middle RNA.
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Duffy, J., Geiduschek, E. Purification of a positive regulatory subunit from phage SP01-modified RNA polymerase. Nature 270, 28–32 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/270028a0
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