It Was Recently Discovered That AUG Is Not Always the Start

question 2

Multiple Choice

It was recently discovered that AUG is not always the start codon in which of the following systems?

• A) viruses
• B) mammalian immune system proteins
• C) mitochondria
• D) all of these

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