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. 1972 Dec;69(12):3660–3664. doi: 10.1073/pnas.69.12.3660

Purification and Properties of D Protein: A Transcription Factor of Escherichia coli

Sudhamoy Ghosh 1, Harrison Echols 1
PMCID: PMC389843  PMID: 4566455

Abstract

D factor is protein that stimulates DNA transcription in vitro by RNA polymerase. For DNA from bacteriophage λ, we present evidence that D protein interacts with DNA to increase the frequency and improve the specificity of initiation by RNA polymerase.

Keywords: RNA polymerase, bacteriophage λ

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