Many Pharmaceutical Drugs Specifically Inhibit Transcription in Bacteria but Not

question 54

Multiple Choice

Many pharmaceutical drugs specifically inhibit transcription in Bacteria but not Archaea or Eukarya. Why would drugs that inhibit transcription only affect Bacteria and not Archaea even though they are both prokaryotes?

• A) Archaea and Eukarya have very similar ribosomes that are different than bacterial ribosomes.
• B) Bacteria lack a nucleus.
• C) Archaea lack operons.
• D) Archaea and Eukarya have very similar RNA polymerases that are different than bacterial RNA polymerases.

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