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Can CMV promoter start transcription in prokaryote cells - (Nov/27/2012 )

Can CMV promoter start transcription in prokaryote cells like DH5a?

-caiweizi-

Only by accident. Prokaryotic promoters are quite different from eukaryotic ones, but they are quite simple, and can accidentally be introduced and function.

-phage434-