What Would Be the Effect on in Vitro Transcription If

question 32

Multiple Choice

What would be the effect on in vitro transcription if you replaced the entire TFIID protein with the single subunit TBP?

• A)Transcription could not be terminated
• B)The initiation complex could not form
• C)RNA polymerase II would never be recruited to carry out elongation
• D)There would be no effect

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