The pre-mRNA transcript of mammalian ?-tropomyosin undergoes ____ to produce different mRNAs in smooth and

striated muscles.



a. aminoacylation
b. alternative splicing
c. polyadenylation
d. degeneracy
e. exon shuffling


ANSWER: b

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