A One Nucleotide Slip in the Splice Point on the Side

question 81

Multiple Choice

A one nucleotide slip in the splice point on the side of the splice junction in the first intron of the beta-globin gene would result in

• A) changing the reading frame of the mRNA from this point onward.
• B) deletion of the rest of the beta-globin gene.
• C) no change in the protein as all coding information is 5' to this junction.
• D) a transition mutation.
• E) a transversion mutation.

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