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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Transcription Factors > Sigma Factor

Preferred term

Sigma Factor  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Factor, Sigma Initiation
  • Initiation Factor, Sigma
  • Sigma Element
  • Sigma Initiation Factor
  • Sigma Subunit
  • Subunit, Sigma

Note

  • a transcription factor; /biosyn /physiol permitted

Scope note

  • A protein which is a subunit of RNA polymerase. It effects initiation of specific RNA chains from DNA.

History note

  • 91(77); was see under TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS 1977-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012808

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