上泽克通大学 Shanghai Jiao Tong University Overview of Transcription Transcription(DNA to RNA)is carried out by RNA polymerase RNA polymerase uses DNA as template RNA precursors are ATP,GTP,CTP,and UTP Chain growth is 5'to 3'just like DNA replication No.5 2012 Pearson Education,Inc. Chen Feng.Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityNo. 5 Chen Feng, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Overview of Transcription Transcription (DNA to RNA) is carried out by RNA polymerase • RNA polymerase uses DNA as template • RNA precursors are ATP, GTP, CTP, and UTP • Chain growth is 5′ to 3′ just like DNA replication © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc