Which component is essential for initiating the transcription of a gene into MRNA in a report sided cells
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The essential component for initiating transcription of a gene into mRNA in eukaryotic cells is a complex of proteins called RNA polymerase II. This enzyme is responsible for unwinding the DNA double helix and synthesizing a complementary mRNA strand using one of the DNA strands as a template. Additionally, transcription factors, which are regulatory proteins that bind to specific DNA sequences near the gene of interest, are also essential for initiating transcription.