During bacterial translation the ribosome recognizes the AUG start codon by?
a. binding to the polyA tail of the RNA
b. binding to the 5'cap of the RNA and scanning along the mRNA until it finds an AUG codon in a Kozak consensus
c. binding to the 3'UTR of the RNA
d. recognizing base pairing between the Shine-Dalgarno sequence and the 16S rRNA
Ans: d. recognizing base pairing between the Shine-Dalgarno sequence and the 16S rRNA
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