Which of the following does not contribute to the efficiency with which E. coli RNA polymerase binds to a promoter?

A. the sequence of the upstream promoter element
B. the binding of a sigma subunit
C. the sequence at the +10 region
D. the sequence at the -35 region
E. the distance between the consensus sequence and the transcriptional start site


C

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