The transition from transcriptional initiation to elongation involves

A) binding of sigma factor.
B) release of sigma factor.
C) release of RNA polymerase from DNA.
D) binding of RNA polymerase to DNA.
E) binding of rho factor.


B) release of sigma factor.

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