Biology · Molecular Biology
Prokaryotic mRNAs contain a conserved polypurine tract, consensus AGGAG, located about seven nucleotides upstream from the AUG initiation codon. This conserved hexamer is called the:
- 1TATA box sequence
- 2Consensus sequence
- 3Shine-Dalgarno sequence✓
- 4Kozak sequence
Correct answer
Shine-Dalgarno sequence
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