The Viruses in the Gammaretrovirus Genus Use Which of the Following

question 10

Multiple Choice

The viruses in the gammaretrovirus genus use which of the following mechanisms to synthesize the proteins from the pol gene?

• A) Alternative mRNA splicing.
• B) RNA editing.
• C) Read through of a translational stop codon.
• D) Ribosomal frameshifting.
• E) Initiation of translation at a downstream start codon.

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