The major advantage of bacteria having unstable mRNAs is

a. the ability to rapidly recycle RNA nucleotides.
b. the ability to rapidly change the proteins produced in the cell.
c. the speed of protein synthesis.
d. the efficiency of repeated transcription of the same mRNAs.
e. the ability to produce different polypeptides from the same gene.


Ans: b

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