What Makes Eukaryotic Transcripts Easier to Isolate Than Bacterial Transcripts

question 83

Multiple Choice

What makes eukaryotic transcripts easier to isolate than bacterial transcripts?

• A) Eukaryotic transcripts are not methylated but their genes are often methylated.
• B) Larger transcript size in eukaryotes enables easy size-selection methods.
• C) mRNA is polyadenylated in eukaryotes.
• D) Transcripts are the most abundant RNAs in eukaryotes.

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Definitions:

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