DNA polymerase reads in 3’-5’ direction, but RNA polymerase reads in 5’-3’ direction
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DNA polymerase reads in 3’-5’ direction and RNA polymerase reads in 3’-5’ direction
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DNA polymerase reads in 5’-3’ direction but RNA polymerase reads in 3’-5’ direction
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DNA polymerase reads in 5’-3’ direction and RNA polymerase reads in 5’-3’ direction
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Solution
The correct option is BDNA polymerase reads in 3’-5’ direction and RNA polymerase reads in 3’-5’ direction All polymerases read in 3’-5’ direction. This means that the templates which they copy from, run in the 3’-5’ direction.