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Cell Biology

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Set 18 Regulation At The Rna Level

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Question 1

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Proteins that prevent translation of mRNA are calledــــــــــــــــــــ .

A)nucleases
B)translational repressors
C)proteases
D)mRNA silencers

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Question 2

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Which statement is false?

A)Nucleases are not part of the RNAi scenario.
B)Some small RNAs help stabilize the mRNA and protect it from degradation.
C)RNAi is a form of gene silencing that involves degradation of target RNAs.
D)Riboswitches bind small molecules.

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Question 3

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RISC proteins recognize small RNA fragments calledـــــــــــــــ .

A)Slicer
B)Dicer
C)siRNA
D)miRNA

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