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Alternate Sigma Factors Definition:
Sigma is the subunit of bacterial RNA polymerase that is required for transcription initiation; alternate sigma factors direct the core RNA polymerase to transcribe distinct sets of inducible genes or operons, and is thereby a mechanism for global regulation.
Prescott's Microbiology 9th Edition by Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood, Christopher J. Woolverton
Alternate Sigma Factors Notes:
Alternative sigma factors bind the core catalytic core of the RNA polymerase so that different operons and inducible genes are transcribed and is therefore a means of global regulation. This binding also confers the selection of promoter on holoenzyme. Bacterial RNA polymerase consists of a subunit known as sigma, which is needed for the initiation of transcription.
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