How Does Alternative Splicing Modify an RNA Transcript to Allow

question 22

Multiple Choice

How does alternative splicing modify an RNA transcript to allow for the production of different polypeptides?

• A) It modifies the coding sequence of an RNA by deleting some of its exons.
• B) It modifies the coding sequence of an RNA by deleting all of its introns.
• C) It modifies the coding sequence of an RNA by deleting only some of the introns.
• D) It modifies the non-coding sequence of an RNA by deleting all of its exons.
• E) None of these are correct.

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