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Tabulate the differences between DNA polymerase and RNA polymerase

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DNA polymerase

- involved in the synthesis of DNA strand

- involved in replication

- Requires a primer to initiate replication

- Proof reading

- nucleotides are A, T, G and C

- low error rate

RNA polymerase

- Involved in RNA strand

- involved in transcription

- Does not require a primer

- acts only on the template strand of DNA

- no proof reading

- nucleotides are A, U, G and C

- high error rate

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