Which of the following statements regarding transcription only apply to prokaryotes and not to eukaryotes?

A. A region of the promoter about 30 nucleotides upstream of +1 contains AT-rich base pairs.
B. The RNA start site is designated +1.
C. A region of the promoter about 10 nucleotides upstream of +1 contains AT-rich base pairs.
D. Important sequence elements are frequently found downstream of +1.
E. All of the choices given apply to eukaryotes.


C

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