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Transcription involves synthesis of an RNA chain representing one strand of DNA (representing means that RNA is identical in sequence with one strand of DNA) which is called coding strand - indicated in orange. The RNA is complementary to the other stran
RNA synthesis is catalyzed by RNA polymerase, an enzyme which requires presence of DNA as a template (also called DNA-dependent RNA pol). This enzyme catalyzes phosphodiester bond formation between ribonucleotides -------go to the next slide
