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Select the incorrect statement about transcription unit
 

Option: 1

it is a transcribed segment of DNA


Option: 2

eukaryotes contains monocistronic transcription unit 
 


Option: 3

prokaryotes contains monocistronic transcription unit
 


Option: 4

Immediate product of transcription is primary transcript
 


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As discussed in Introduction to Transcription & Transcription Unit -  

 

Transcription unit is the transcribed segment of DNA. When the transcription unit carries information of one gene, it is considered as monocistronic while a set of adjacent genes when transcribed as a unit called polycistronic. Hence, the correct option is (c).
 

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