An experiment is planned to study the effect of reducing the transcription of the myosin gene.Which of the following inhibitors would be useful in this study?

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The inhibitor  α-amanitin is known to inhibit RNA polymerase II, which is responsible for the transcription of protein-coding genes, including the myosin gene. Therefore, by inhibiting RNA polymerase II, α-amanitin will reduce the transcription of the myosin gene. Choices B, C, and D are not relevant to this experiment.

An Experiment Is Planned to Study the Effect of Reducing α\alphaα

An Experiment Is Planned to Study the Effect of Reducing $\alpha$