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What is the role of rna polymerase

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-binds to DNA during transcription and separates the DNA strands
-then uses one strand of DNA as a template from which to assemble nucleotides into a complementary strand of RNA
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It binds to DNA, separates the strands, then uses one of the strands as a template from which to assemble nucleotides into a complementary RNA strand. It then uses one of the strands as a template from which to assemble nucleotides into a complementary RNA strand.
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