Which Statement About E

question 86

Multiple Choice

Which statement about E. coli RNA polymerase (core enzyme) is FALSE?

• A) It can start new chains de novo or elongate old ones.
• B) It has no catalytic activity unless the sigma factor is bound.
• C) It uses nucleoside 5'-triphosphates as substrates.
• D) Its activity is blocked by rifampicin.
• E) Its RNA product will hybridize with the DNA template.

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