Q. Assertion: RNA polymerase catalyzes all the three steps, i.e., initiation, elongation and termination of transcription. Reason: RNA polymerase is DNA-dependent enzyme.
A) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
B) Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true, but reason is false.
D) Both assertion and reason are false.
Explanation
During bacterial transcription, DNA-dependent RNA polymerase catalyzes the elongation step only.
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