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A new protein has been isolated from E. coli which causes specific termination and release of RNA during synthesis in vitro. It has been given the name ρ-factor.
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ROBERTS, J. Termination Factor for RNA Synthesis. Nature 224, 1168–1174 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2241168a0
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