Which statement about promoters is false?
A) Some promoters are more efficient than others at initiating transcription.
B) Various proteins can bind to the promoter.
C) Promoters provide information that orients RNA polymerase to the strand of the DNA it should use as a template.
D) A promoter is a DNA sequence.
E) Bacterial genes lack promoters.

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This statement is false because bacterial genes do have promoters. Promoters are necessary for transcription to occur, and all genes require transcription to be expressed. Therefore, all genes, both in bacterial and eukaryotic cells, have promoters.

Which Statement About Promoters Is False