Transcription in Prokaryotic Cells

question 99

Multiple Choice

Transcription in prokaryotic cells

• A) occurs in the nucleus, whereas translation occurs in the cytoplasm.
• B) is initiated at a start codon with the help of initiation factors and the small subunit of the ribosome.
• C) is initiated at a promoter and uses only one strand of DNA (the template strand) to synthesize a complementary RNA strand.
• D) is terminated at stop codons.
• E) is initiated at an ori site on the chromosome.

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