Tag: termination | DON STEVE BLOG
  • TRANSCRIPTIONAL TERMINATION IN PROKARYOTES
    GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

    TRANSCRIPTIONAL TERMINATION IN PROKARYOTES

    In prokaryotes, transcriptional termination is the process by which RNA polymerase stops transcribing a DNA template into RNA. There are two main mechanisms of transcriptional termination in prokaryotes: Rho-dependent termination and Rho-independent termination. 1) Rho-Dependent Termination Rho-dependent termination involves the…