abstract:Antitermination is the prokaryotic cell's aid to fix premature termination of RNA synthesis during the transcription of RNA. It occurs when the RNA polymerase ignores the termination signal, and it provides a mechanism whereby one or more genes at the end of an operon can be switched either on or off, depending on the polymerase either recognizing or not recognizing the termination signal.
In particular, there must be no repetition of the sort of actions taken earlier this year by Pentagon acquisition officials that resulted in the precipitous termination, without consulting the White House or the affected military services, of a key Navy anti-missile program needed to defend the fleet and deployed forces ashore against shorter-range ballistic missile threats.