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RNA polymerase II
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To use a gene, the cell first copies it. RNA polymerase II copies a DNA gene into blank, the molecule that ribosomes read.
The letters RNA polymerase II must read are hidden inside the DNA double helix. What does it do to the DNA first?
Many machines burn ATP as a separate fuel. What pays for each letter that RNA polymerase II adds to the RNA?
Now and then a wrong letter slips into the new RNA. How does the polymerase fix it?
A skin cell and a nerve cell carry the same full genome. What makes them different, in terms of what RNA polymerase II does?
RNA polymerase II writes RNA one letter at a time. Roughly how many letters does it add each second in human cells?
Short genes take minutes to copy. Roughly how long does one polymerase take to copy the longest human gene, dystrophin?
After each new letter, the polymerase must move one step along the DNA. How does it move forward?
Even with proofreading, RNA polymerase II sometimes makes a mistake. Roughly how many mistakes does it make per million letters?
Some toxins and antibiotics kill by stopping RNA polymerase. How do they stop it?
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