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Which of the following is the initial “start site“ for the process of transcription?(a) Promoter(b) Terminator(c) Organiser(d) Structural geneI got this question by my school principal while I was bunking the class.My doubt stems from Transcription Basics in portion Molecular Basis of Inheritance of Biology – Class 12

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The correct option is (a) PROMOTER

To ELABORATE: The promoter region which is present towards the 5’ end of the coding strand is the start SITE for transcription to occur. These are regions on the DNA where the RNA polymerase enzyme will bind. This leads to the process of transcription.



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