Which Pre-MRNA Processing Mechanism Allows Different Proteins to Be Produced

question 45

Multiple Choice

Which pre-mRNA processing mechanism allows different proteins to be produced from the same DNA sequence?

• A) transposition
• B) alternative splicing
• C) intron shuffling
• D) intron splicing
• E) open reading frame shuffling

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Definitions:

Neural Transmitters

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