You Are Interested in Studying BZIP1, a Gene Involved in Nitrogen

question 124

Multiple Choice

You are interested in studying bZIP1, a gene involved in nitrogen assimilation.The genomic copy of bZIP1 is full of introns, and to simplify your experimental design, you isolate the mRNA of this gene (which lacks introns) .Which enzyme will be crucial in the next step of generating a cDNA version of bZIP1?

• A) Oxygenase
• B) RNA polymerase
• C) Translocase
• D) DNA polymerase
• E) Reverse transcriptase

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