RNA Transcription
Prerequisite Material
Recall Objectives: Each first year medical student is expected to be able to:
Reference: Textbook of Biochemistry with Clinical Correlations, Devlin, 7th ediction, Chapters 5 and 8
In prokaryotes, a single type of enzyme is responsible for the synthesis of all three types of cellular RNA species
In eukaryotes, four types of RNA polylmerase, each responsible for synthesis of a specific cellular RNA species. Abbreviations are: RNA polymerase I, pol I; RNA polymerase II, pol II; RNA polymerase III, pol III.
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