Which of the following statements is true of messenger RNA (mRNA)?

A) mRNA is produced in the nucleolus.
B) mRNA provides the template for protein synthesis.
C) Each mRNA molecule has two recognition sites.
D) mRNA delivers the activated form of an amino acid to the protein being synthesized.


Ans: B
Feedback:
mRNA is a long molecule containing several hundred to several thousand nucleotides and is the template for the process of protein synthesis. rRNA, not mRNA, is produced in the nucleolus, whereas tRNA has two specific recognition sites and delivers an activated form of an amino acid to a protein being synthesized.

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