When the nontemplate strand of a gene is transcribed into RNA, what is likely to result?

A) A complementary sRNA will bind to it and form a functional ribozyme with secondary structure.
B) It will complementary bind to the gene sequence, form a hairpin loop, and transcriptionally repress the gene.
C) The complementary mRNA also transcribed from the template strand will bind to it and halt its translation.
D) A global regulator will identify this as a stress, respond by inducing ribonuclease production, and it will degraded.


Answer: C

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