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Prokarytoic Promoters

    The promoter positions are designated by their distances from the start point of transcription, and are named after consensus DNA sequence motifs common in these regions. The -10 promoter is called the TATA box, and the -35 promoter the CAT box.


Figure © 2012 TA Brown, Introduction to Genetics (1st ed.); additional text © 2014 by Steven M. Carr