KROK 1 2011 – Question 121 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
It was found out that some compounds, for instance fungi toxins and some antibiotics can inhibit activity of RNA-polymerase. What process will be disturbed in a cell in case of inhibition of this enzyme?
- A. Reparation
- B. Translation
- C. Replication
- D. Processing
- E. Transcription
Hint
Recall what RNA polymerase uses as its template and what it synthesises, and place that step on the path from gene to protein.
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