Molecular Basis Of Inheritance Question 55

Question: The name “mRNA’’ was given by

Options:

A) Kornberg and Khorana

B) Khorana and Nirenberg

C) Jacob and Monad

D) Messelson and Stahl

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

mRNA carries genetic information in cytoplasm for the synthesis of proteins.

For this reason only, it was named messenger RNA by Jacob and Monad is 5% of total RNA.