Prokaryotic Transcription | Eukaryotic Transcription | |
1. | Splicing is generally not required | Splicing is required |
2. | There is only one type of RNA polymerase | There are three types of RNA polymerase |
3. | Structural gene is polycistronic | Structural gene is monocistronic |
4. | Post transcriptional modification takes place in the cytoplasm | Post transcriptional modification takes place in the nucleolus |
a. | UAG | (i) | Codes for amino acid Tryptophan |
b. | AUG | (ii) | Start codon |
c. | UUU | (iii) | Codes for phenylalanine |
d. | UGG | (iv) | Nonsense codon |
a | b | c | d | |
1. | (ii) | (i) | (iii) | (iv) |
2. | (iii) | (iv) | (ii) | (i) |
3. | (iv) | (ii) | (iii) | (i) |
4. | (iv) | (i) | (iii) | (ii) |