If you were designing a method to specifically inhibit prokaryotic transcription,but not eukaryotic transcription,interfering with which of the following would work best?
A)an intercalating agent
B)recognition of the prokaryotic promoter by RNA polymerase
C)DNase activity
D)RNA polymerase II activity
E)ribosomal binding to mRNA

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Recognition of the prokaryotic promoter by RNA polymerase is specific to prokaryotes, as eukaryotic and prokaryotic promoters have different sequences and structures. Targeting this process would specifically inhibit prokaryotic transcription without affecting eukaryotic transcription.

If You Were Designing a Method to Specifically Inhibit Prokaryotic