Given the locally unwound double strand above, in which direction does the RNA polymerase move while transcribing DNA?

A) ? along the template DNA strand
B) ? along the template DNA strand
C) ? along the nontemplate DNA strand
D) ? along the nontemplate DNA strand
E) ? along the double-stranded DNA


Answer: B

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