Question 19

(Multiple Choice)

For the bacterial transcription machinery, which of the following mRNA sequences would you expect to constitute a potent transcriptional termination signal? Note that the two underlined regions in each sequence are complementary to each other.


A) 5'... UGGCCCAGUCGGAAGACUGGGCCUUUUGUUUU...3'
B) 5'... UGGCCCAGUCGGAAGACUGGGCCCGCGGAGCU...3'
C) 5'... UUUUGUUUUAGGCCCAGUCGGAAGACUGGGCCA...3'
D) 5'... CGCGGAGCUAGGCCCAGUCGGAAGACUGGGCCA...3'

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