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- What type of amino acids interact with nucleotides on the non-template strand to stabilize ssDNA?
- What regions/elements do promoters recognized by σ70 share?
- How do differences in promoter sequences affect transcription initiation in E. coli?
- What may help increase RNA polymerase binding to promoters in E. coli?
- Is the σ factor necessary after promoter escape?
- What causes the conversion into an open complex during transcription initiation?
- What exists for sigma factors in E. coli promoters?
- What compensates for the lack of a -35 region in some bacterial promoters?
- What characteristic do different σ factors have regarding promoter sequences?
- From how many sequences is the consensus sequence for σ70 derived?
- What is the transcription-initiation site (TSS) designated as?
- What forms around the first base pair transcribed into RNA during transcription initiation?
- Which bacteriophage encodes the most well-studied single-subunit RNA polymerase?
- How are base pairs extending in the direction of transcription referred to?
- What model is used to describe the structure of RNA polymerase?
- What does having a single-subunit RNA polymerase allow these organisms to do?
- What does the enzyme for RNA polymerase resemble?
- How are base pairs extending in the opposite direction of transcription referred to?
- Which organisms may have a single subunit RNA polymerase?
- What additional factor is necessary for the binding of RNA polymerase to the promoter in prokaryotes?