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Also called pre-mRNA when transcribed from a protein-coding gene.Group of answer choicesintronexonprimary transcriptmature transcripttranscription unitpromoter

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Also called pre-mRNA when transcribed from a protein-coding gene.Group of answer choicesintronexonprimary transcriptmature transcripttranscription unitpromoter

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The term for pre-mRNA when transcribed from a protein-coding gene is "primary transcript".

Here's a step-by-step explanation:

  1. Transcription begins in the cell nucleus, where the DNA molecule is opened and unwound by the enzyme RNA polymerase at the location of the gene.

  2. The RNA polymerase binds to a promoter region on the DNA and begins to synthesize an RNA molecule, using one of the DNA strands as a template.

  3. This initial RNA molecule is known

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