A Single Eukaryotic Gene Can Produce Two Different Forms of a Protein

question 8

Multiple Choice

A single eukaryotic gene can produce two different forms of a protein, one that is membrane bound and one that is secreted.Which of these mechanisms allows a single gene to produce two different proteins from one primary transcript?

• A)alternative splicing
• B)gene divergence
• C)gene duplication
• D)exon shuffling
• E)gene rearrangement

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