On the Polycistronic MRNA of Bacteriophage MS2, the Ability to Translate

question 8

Multiple Choice

On the polycistronic mRNA of bacteriophage MS2, the ability to translate multiple copies of the coat protein but only a single copy of the A protein is accomplished by _________.

• A)regulatory RNA molecules
• B)translational repression by protein binding to mRNA
• C)antisense RNA
• D)ribosome binding site occlusion
• E)none of the above

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