Strigolactones are produced in the plastids from b-carotene by three sequentially acting plastid enzymes

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The RNA polymerase I promoter consists of a core promoter and an upstream promoter element (UPE).

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RNA polymerase I requires two ancillary transcription factors to recognize the promoter sequence. The factor that binds to the core promoter is SL1 which consists of four protein subunits. SL1 has primary responsibility for RNA polymerase recruitment

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The promoters for Classes I and II, 5S and tRNA genes, are internal; they lie downstream of the start point.

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RNA Polymerase III promoters are bipartite

The exception is in yeast, where the TATA box is more typically found at -90.