The lowest rate of error in the steps of protein synthesis is in

a. having the wrong aminoacyl-tRNA bind to the ribosome.
b. having the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase bind the wrong amino acid.
c. skipping a base during translation.
d. having the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase bind the wrong tRNA.
e. transcription of mRNA.


Ans: e

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