RNA polymerase I

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RNA polymerase I (also known as Pol I) is the polymerase that transcribes ribosomal RNA, which accounts for over 50% of the total RNA synthesized in a cell, in higher eukaryotes. It does not transcribe 5S rRNA, which is synthesized by RNA polymerase III.

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