Alternative Splicing Is Known to Be Important in the Regulation

question 8

Multiple Choice

Alternative splicing is known to be important in the regulation of the:

• A) production of heat-shock elements.
• B) mammalian SV40 virus.
• C) lac operon in E. coli.
• D) metallothionein gene.
• E) None of the answers is correct.

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