What Can Be Removed from Pre-MRNA During Alternative Splicing

question 67

Multiple Choice

What can be removed from pre-mRNA during alternative splicing?

• A) exons and ribosomal binding sites
• B) ribosomal binding sites
• C) exons only
• D) introns only
• E) exons and introns

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