Which of the Following Mechanisms Explain How Reovirus MRNAs Acquire

question 19

Multiple Choice

Which of the following mechanisms explain how reovirus mRNAs acquire their poly(A) tail?

• A) They do not have poly(A) tails but use other sequences to functionally substitute.
• B) Cellular enzymes add the poly(A) tail
• C) Viral enzymes in the virion core add the poly(A) tail.
• D) The encode a poly(A) tail in each genome segment.
• E) The RNA polymerase stutters at a poly(U) region at the end of each genome segment.

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