The primer is complementary to, but shorter than, the template and have growing 3’ prime terminus

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Transcription is formation of RNA from genome (DNA/RNA)

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On the basis of Transcription, viruses have been classified called as Baltimore Classification

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According to Baltimore, for transcription antisense (-) strand of genome is required

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There are two factors that regulate Prokaryotic Transcription

1. RNA Polymerase

2. Promoter Location & Sequences

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RNA Polymerase SDS page shows two very large subunits: beta (b) and beta-prime (b’), with molecular masses of 150 and 160 kD, respectively.

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The holoenzyme could transcribe intact phage T4 DNA in vitro quite actively, the core enzyme had little ability to do this.