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A transcriptional specialist resolved

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Three structures of the enzyme RNA polymerase III, which is responsible for the synthesis of abundant short RNAs, reveal the specializations that make it an adept terminator and reinitiator of transcription. See Article p.231

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Figure 1: Function encoded in structure.

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