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  • (a) Describe the structure of a transcription Unit (b) Explain the basis of defining the two DNA strands of a structural gene in a transcription unit.

(a) Describe the structure of a ‘transcription Unit’.

(b) Explain the basis of defining the two DNA strands of a structural gene in a transcription unit.

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

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a) The transcription unit is composed of three regions that are:

  •  the promoter,
  • structural gene and
  • the terminator.

In the structural gene, there is two-strand known as the template strand and the coding strand.

b) Two strands of DNA in the structural gene of a transcription unit is called a template strand as well as coding strand.

The strand that has the polarity of 3'→5' acts as a template and is referred to the template strand. The other strand which has the polarity of (5'→3') is referred to a coding strand.

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