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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes
By 1969 SDS-PAGE of RNA polymerase from E. coli had shown several subunits
1.2 very large subunits are b (150 kD) and b’ (160 kD)
2. Sigma (s) at 70 kD
3. Alpha (a) at 40 kD – 2 copies present in holoenzyme
4. Omega (w) at 10 kD