What are the components of the spliceosome?

What will be an ideal response?


Ans: The spliceosome contains five small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs), forty-one proteins associated with the snRNAs to form small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles (snRNPs, or "snurps"), seventy splicing factors, and thirty additional proteins.

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Which of the following mRNA has four codons?

A. AAACCCGGGUUU B. AU GC AA GG C. A U C G D. A AA UUU GGC

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The Ames test measures the ability of a chemical to revert a prototroph back to its original auxotrophic state.

A) True B) False

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