Alternative RNA Splicing

question 43

Multiple Choice

Alternative RNA splicing

• A) is a mechanism for increasing the rate of transcription.
• B) can allow the production of proteins of different sizes from a single mRNA.
• C) can allow the production of similar proteins from different RNAs.
• D) increases the rate of transcription.
• E) is due to the presence or absence of particular snRNPs.

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