Before messenger RNA is mature,

a. all exons are deleted and removed.
b. a cap and a tail are provided.
c. anticodons are assembled.
d. the transfer RNA transfers the messenger RNA
to the ribosome.
e. the single RNA strand duplicates itself in much
the same way as DNA.


Answer: b

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