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RNA Polymerase Mutants blocked in Sporulation

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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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  1. Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,

    ABRAHAM L. SONENSHEIN

  2. Institut de Microbiologie, Faculté des Sciences, 91, Orsay

    ABRAHAM L. SONENSHEIN

  3. The Biological Laboratories, Harvard University,

    RICHARD LOSICK

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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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