transcription initiation from bacterial-type RNA polymerase promoter

id: GO:0001123
name: transcription initiation from bacterial-type RNA polymerase promoter
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Any process involved in the assembly of bacterial-type RNA polymerase preinitiation complex (PIC) at the core promoter region of a DNA template, resulting in the subsequent synthesis of RNA from that promoter. The initiation phase includes PIC assembly and the formation of the first few bonds in the RNA chain, including abortive initiation, which occurs when the first few nucleotides are repeatedly synthesized and then released. The initiation phase ends just before and does not include promoter clearance, or release, which is the transition between the initiation and elongation phases of transcription.

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