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Eukaryotic organisms contain three classes of nuclear DNA-dependent RNA polymerases (EC 2.7.7.6) which can be distinguished 1) chromatographically, 2) by their differential sensitivities to inhibition by the fungal toxin α-amanitin, 3) by their subunit structures, 4) by their intranuclear localizations, and 5) by the types of genes which they transcribe1.
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Jendrisak, J. (1980). Purification, Structures and Functions of the Nuclear RNA Polymerases from Higher Plants. In: Leaver, C.J. (eds) Genome Organization and Expression in Plants. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 29. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3051-6_7
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