Which One of the Following Statements About the Possible Regulatory

question 28

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following statements about the possible regulatory functions of nonprotein-coding DNA is false?

• A)A significant amount of the nonprotein-coding DNA consists of retrotransposon DNA.
• B)Nonprotein-coding DNA may code for RNAs that are translated into transcription factors.
• C)A study of mouse RNA transcripts showed that many did not code for any known mouse protein.
• D)A large part of the non-protein-coding DNA may be rich in regulatory RNA sequences.
• E)Nonprotein-coding DNA in mouse and human is located in comparable regions of their genomes.

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