The first event in eukaryotic transcriptional activation is binding of
A) the TATA-box-binding protein (TBP) to the TATA box.
B) the SP-1 protein to the CAAT box.
C) the RNA polymerase 500 base pairs upstream of the CAAT and TATA boxes.
D) rho protein to DNA.
E) None of the answers is correct.

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The first event in eukaryotic transcriptional activation is the binding of the TATA-box-binding protein (TBP) to the TATA box, which is part of the promoter region of a gene. This event is crucial for the assembly of the transcription pre-initiation complex.

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