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T7 late promoters have a 22-base pair sequence in common. The 22 base pairs are necessary and sufficient for recognition and initiation by T7 RNA polymerase.
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Panayotatos, N., Wells, R. Recognition and initiation site for four late promoters of phage T7 is a 22-base pair DNA sequence. Nature 280, 35–39 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/280035a0
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