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Positive Control of Transcription by a Bacteriophage Sigma Factor

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A sigma specificity factor induced by infection with bacteriophage T4 directs the in vitro synthesis of RNA species corresponding to those switched on in vivo about 2 min after infection.

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TRAVERS, A. Positive Control of Transcription by a Bacteriophage Sigma Factor. Nature 225, 1009–1012 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/2251009a0

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