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a scientist splices a eukaryotic promoter in front of a bacterial gene and inserts the gene in a bacterial chromosome. would you expect the bacteria to transcribe the gene? why or why not?

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A scientist splices a eukaryotic promoter in front of a bacterial gene and inserts the gene in a bacterial chromosome. Would you expect the bacteria to transcribe the gene? No, Prokaryotes use different promoters than eukaryotes
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