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In an experiment you add growing concentration of the alpha amanitin. What will be the sequence in which RNA polymerases are affected if at all?(a) Pol I -> pol III , pol II unaffected(b) pol I->pol I ->pol III(c) pol III->pol II -> pol I(d) pol II -> pol III , pol I unaffectedI had been asked this question during an online exam.Question is from Transcription in Eukaryotes : RNA Polymerases topic in portion Gene Expression : Transcription Prokaryotes of Cytogenetics

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Right ANSWER is (d) pol II -> pol III , pol I unaffected

Easiest EXPLANATION: RNA polymerase II is inactivated by very small level of alpha amanitin as low as 1 microgram PER ml while on the other hand pol III is affected at 10 MICROGRAMS per ml concentration. Polymerase I remain unaffected EVEN at very high alpha amanitin concentration.



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