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. 1990 Mar 25;18(6):1441–1446. doi: 10.1093/nar/18.6.1441

Specific transcription of cloned Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum transcription units by homologous RNA polymerase in vitro.

S Knaub 1, A Klein 1
PMCID: PMC330509  PMID: 2183193

Abstract

Specific in vitro transcription by partially purified RNA polymerase from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum of DNA sequences cloned in between the promoter and terminator regions of the methyl CoM reductase transcription unit of the same organism is described. The 5'-terminus of the product has been mapped. Deletion analyses of the promoter region show the limits of the sequences essential for the promoter function.

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