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RNA polymerase is capable of catalyzing which of the following step(s) of transcription independently? (A) Initiation (B) Elongation (C) Termination (D) All of the above

If 5'- AUGCCAUGCUG - 3' is an mRNA transcript, identify which of the following sequences correctly represents the coding strand. (A) 5'-TACGGTACGAC-3' (B) 5'-ATGCCATGCTG-3' (C) 3'-ATGCCATGCTG-5' (D) 3'-CAGCATGGCAT-5'

Assertion: Viruses mutate and evolve faster than DNA. Reason: Viruses have an RNA genome. (A) Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of assertion. (B) Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of assertion. (C) Assertion is true but the reason is false. (D) Both assertion and reason are false.

DNA-dependent DNA polymerase catalyzes polymerization in a discontinuous manner on the template with polarity (A) 5'-3' (B) 3'-5' (C) 2'-5' (D) either 5'-3 or 3'-5'