All of the Following Are Examples of Post- Transcriptional Regulation

question 16

Multiple Choice

All of the following are examples of post- transcriptional regulation except

• A) cells can regulate how mRNA is spliced and exported out of the nucleus before translation occurs.
• B) in prokaryotic cells, small noncoding RNAs that work in post- transcriptional regulation include small RNAs.
• C) cells can regulate translation by methylating certain DNA nucleotides.
• D) cells can regulate translation by affecting how readily ribosomes associate with mRNA to read it.
• E) in eukaryotic cells, small noncoding RNAs that work in post- transcriptional regulation include microRNAs and short interfering RNAs.

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