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sam wrote at 2010-03-08 13:46:39
her answer was completely wrong. promoter on coding strand because its the sense strand. Then RNA polymerase starts copying the template strand, its that simple. And don't listen to her about it being on both, that doesnt make any sense because complimentary strands are usually not the same like GCT and CGA are not the same...


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