The number of initiations of transcription from a promoter that has the sequence 5'-TAGCAT-3' will be greater than the number of initiations from a wild-type promoter

Indicate whether the statement is true or false


FALSE
Explanation: It will be fewer than the number of initiations from a wild-type promoter.

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