Promoters
Type
Guide
... polymerases that all transcribe different genes: RNA polymerase I — transcribes genes encoding ribosomal...of the RNA polymerase to DNA. RNA polymerase transcribes DNA to mRNA, which is ultimately translated into...upstream (5’) of the sense or coding strand of the transcribed gene (Figure 1). The coding strand is the DNA...noncoding strand, as this is the strand that is transcribed by the RNA polymerase. Figure 1: Simplified promoter...can bind), and the structural genes that are transcribed together. Operon regulation can be either negative... in the opposite way. The operon is normally transcribed until a repressor/corepressor binds to the operator...translated into a protein. RNA polymerase II — transcribes messenger RNA (mRNA), which is the RNA responsible...