which of the following statements about the initiation of transcription in bacteria are true? promoters are sites on dna that signal the positions where rna polymerase should bind. in the case of e. coli, these promoter sites are c- and g-rich regions. there are consensus sequences within the promoter sites that are conserved. a biological technique known as footprinting can be used to identify the upstream dna binding sites for rna polymerase. view available hint(s)for part a which of the following statements about the initiation of transcription in bacteria are true? promoters are sites on dna that signal the positions where rna polymerase should bind. in the case of e. coli, these promoter sites are c- and g-rich regions. there are consensus sequences within the promoter sites that are conserved. a biological technique known as footprinting can be used to identify the upstream dna binding sites for rna polymerase. statements 1, 2, and 4 are correct. statements 1, 3, and 4 are correct. statements 2, 3, and 4 are correct. all of the listed statements are true.