📅 2023 MIT Science Bowl High School Invitational🎓 HS🔄 Round 8#️⃣ Question 2🌟 BONUS📝 Multiple Choice
Researchers in the Fink Lab at MIT have studied how m6A modifications in the 3' UTR of certain yeast mRNA molecules can promote meiosis. Which of the following is NOT true concerning the 3' UTRs of eukaryotic mRNA?
W) A frameshift mutation may cause the 3' UTR to be translated
X) The polyadenylation signal is contained within the 3' UTR
Y) The 3' UTR is spliced by snRNAs
Z) The 3' UTR promotes mRNA stability
✔️Answer:Y) The 3' UTR is spliced by snRNAs
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