You are using genetic engineering to design a protein that needs to be synthesized in the cytoplasm and then localized in the nucleus of the cell. To accomplish this, one could add

A) a nuclear localization signal into the DNA that will be present in the mature protein.
B) the compound during mitosis, at a time when the nuclear membrane is dispersed.
C) a nucleotide or few nucleotides to the protein.
D) a series of specific polysaccharides to the carboxyterminal end of the protein.
E) all of the above


A) a nuclear localization signal into the DNA that will be present in the mature protein.

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B) blastocyst.
C) teratogen.
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A) Sharks have a skeleton made of bone, while ray-finned fishes have flexible skeletons made of cartilage. B) Ray-finned fishes have a skeleton made of bone, while sharks have flexible skeletons made of cartilage. C) Sharks have a series of rod-shaped bones in their muscular pectoral and pelvic fins, while lobe-fins have flexible skeletons made of cartilage.

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