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The 5' and 3' ends indicated on the operon is wrong. RNA polymerase reads in the 3' to 5' direction, therefore the 3' end should be on the left of the operon and the 5' end should be on the right. This way, the RNAP binds to the promoter and continues in the --> direction. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 129.100.253.85 (talk) 01:52, 19 December 2016 (UTC)