Your patient has a fever of 39 o C, sore throat, cough, and chest pain. You ask her whether she has had pneumococcal vaccine this year, which protects against the the 23 most common strains of the causative bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae. She says she has not. Your patient has a number of questions that you answer to help her understand the genetics of the organism causing her illness.
-You explain that transcription starts at a particular region on the DNA template called the ________, and ends at a sequence called the ________.

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Transcription is the process of copying DNA sequence into RNA sequence. It begins at a region on the DNA template called the promoter, which is recognized by RNA polymerase, and ends at a sequence called the terminator, which signals the enzyme to stop transcription. Therefore, the best choice is B, promoter-terminator.

Your Patient Has a Fever of 39oC, Sore Throat, Cough

Your Patient Has a Fever of 39^oC, Sore Throat, Cough