Attenuation Is Dependent Upon All of the Following EXCEPT

question 58

Multiple Choice

Attenuation is dependent upon all of the following EXCEPT

• A) direct physical interaction between the ribosome and RNA polymerase.
• B) pausing of a ribosome in the leader peptide due to low levels of an operon-specific charged tRNA.
• C) no proteins other than those in ribosomes and RNA polymerase.
• D) the formation of a stem loop structure in the nascent mRNA strand that acts as a transcriptional terminator.

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