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. 1975 Jun;122(3):1387–1390. doi: 10.1128/jb.122.3.1387-1390.1975

Rifampin resistance mutation of Bacillus subtilis altering the electrophoretic mobility of the beta subunit of ribonucleic acid polymerase.

T Linn, R Losick, A L Sonenshein
PMCID: PMC246195  PMID: 807557

Abstract

The rifampin-resistance mutation of LS3,an asporogenous mutant of Bacillus subtilis 3610, leads to altered mobility of the beta subunit of ribonucleic acid polymerase in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide slab gel electrophoresis. This finding argues that the rifampin-resistance mutation is located in the structural gene coding for the beta polypeptide.

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