What Is the Effect of a Nonsense Mutation in a Gene

question 17

Multiple Choice

What is the effect of a nonsense mutation in a gene?

• A) It changes an amino acid in the encoded protein.
• B) It has no effect on the amino acid sequence of the encoded protein.
• C) It introduces a premature stop codon into the mRNA.
• D) It alters the reading frame of the mRNA.
• E) It prevents introns from being excised.

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