Chapter 16, Problem 14TYK

Summary Introduction

To review:

Developing a hypothesis to explain that the eukaryotic transcription is generally controlled by the binding of regulatory protein to the DNA sequences rather than the RNA polymerase modification.

Introduction:

Transcription is the process of formation of RNA (ribonucleic acid) from DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) by the enzyme RNA polymerases. Protein is formed from RNA by the process of translation. Living cell switches on or off the transcription, depending upon the requirement of the cell and this process is called transcriptional regulation. The cellular machinery of eukaryotes and prokaryotes is different and thus, they have different type of transcriptional regulations in their cells.