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State the difference between the structural gene in a transcription unit of prokaryotes and eukaryotes.

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The prokaryotic structural genes are found continuously with any non-coding region while eukaryotic structural genes are divided into exons (coding regions) and introns (non-coding regions).

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1. Capping and tailing takes place in prokaryotes.
2. Splicing takes place only in eukaryotes.
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