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Which of the following takes place in both bacterial as well as eukaryotic mRNA synthesis?
Explanation
Both prokaryotes and eukaryotes synthesize mRNA through DNA-dependent RNA polymerase transcribing complementary RNA from template strand. Capping, poly-A tailing, and spliceosome-mediated splicing are eukaryote-specific post-transcriptional modifications absent in bacteria, which couple transcription and translation.
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