Bacteria use ______ attached TO the polymerase to direct RNA polymerase to promoters; eukaryotic cells use ______ that attach directly to the DNA first instead.

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Bacteria use sigma factors attached to the RNA polymerase to recognize and bind to specific promoter regions on the DNA. In contrast, eukaryotes use transcription factors that bind directly to specific DNA sequences in the promoter region to recruit RNA polymerase.

Bacteria Use ______ Attached TO the Polymerase to Direct RNA