Among the Exons in a Primary RNA Transcript, Two Are

question 93

Multiple Choice

Among the exons in a primary RNA transcript, two are subject to alternative splicing. In RNA processing, one or the other or neither or both regions may be excised from the primary transcript as introns. How many different amino acid sequences could this transcript encode?

• A)one
• B)two
• C)three
• D)four
• E)five

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