A new antibiotic is able to bind the rho (?) factor associated with some transcription processes. As a result, this antibiotic would affect

A) initiation of transcription.
B) elongation of transcription.
C) binding of the RNA polymerase.
D) termination of all transcription.
E) termination of some transcription.


Answer: E

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