A Nonsense Mutation

question 21

Multiple Choice

A nonsense mutation

• A) is a result of a change in a codon for an amino acid in a protein to a stop codon.
• B) results in a shorter mRNA transcript of the gene.
• C) results in a protein that is truncated from the N-terminal end.
• D) would likely not affect the activity of a protein.
• E) would not affect the primary structure of a protein.

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