Replacement of Vegetative s by Sporulation-Specific s as a Component of the RNA Polymerase Holoenzyme in Sporulating Bacillus subtilis
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An immunological assay for the sigma subunit of RNA polymerase in extracts of vegetative and sporulating Bacillus subtilis.
The activity of the sigma subunit of Bacillus subtilis RNA polymerase decreases markedly during the first hours of sporulation [T.G. Linn et al. (1973) Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 70, 1865-1869]. We have prepared antibody against RNA polymerase holoenzyme to determine the fate of sigma polypeptide during spore formation. This antiserum specifically and independently precipitates sigma and core po...
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