Figure 3.5. The chemical basis of RNA synthesis.

Figure 3.5The chemical basis of RNA synthesis

Compare this reaction with polymerization of DNA, as illustrated in Figure 1.8.

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From: Chapter 3, Transcriptomes and Proteomes

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Brown TA.
Oxford: Wiley-Liss; 2002.
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