Which of the Following Is NOT Thought to Be a Mechanism

question 22

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT thought to be a mechanism by which viroids cause disease in their plant hosts?

• A) By basepairing to an important cellular RNA, preventing its function.
• B) By activating the dsRNA induced protein kinase.
• C) By causing the degradation of cellular mRNAs via the RNAi pathway.
• D) By interfering with mRNA splicing because they resemble a cellular snRNA.
• E) By inhibiting the machinery that exports mRNAs out of the nucleus.

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