Multiple choice

Which of the following sequences is true for prokaryotic transcription?

  1. Separation of DNA strands, joining of RNA polymerase, release of sigma factor, longation complex formation

  2. Separation of DNA strands, release of sigma factor, joining of RNA polymerase, elongation complex formation

  3. Joining of RNA polymerase, separation of DNA strands, release of sigma factor, longation complex formation

  4. Separation of DNA strands, joining of RNA polymerase, elongation complex formation, release of sigma factor

  5. Separation of DNA strands, elongation complex formation, joining of RNA polymerase, release of sigma factor

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Explanation

In prokaryotes, first DNA strands separate, then RNA polymerase adds to template DNA, then the sigma factor releases and elongation complex forms.

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