In bacteria the RNA polymerase holoenzyme consists of?

a. a sigma subunit and the core polymerase
b. a sigma subunit, the core polymerase, and EF-Tu
c. the sigma subunit and a ribosome
d. the core polymerase and EF-G


Ans: a. a sigma subunit and the core polymerase

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