The fact that some genes are discontinuous was discovered independently in 1977 by Phillip Allen Sharp and Richard J. Roberts, for which they shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1993. Which of the following statements is true concerning a discontinuous gene and mRNA?
(See Slide 17...Section 8)
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For a discontinuous gene, the whole gene is used to synthesize the mature RNA transcript; once the exons have been removed, the introns are spliced together to produce the primary mRNA.
For a discontinuous gene, the whole gene is used to synthesize the primary RNA transcript; once the exons have been removed, the introns are spliced together to produce the mature mRNA.
For a discontinuous gene, the whole gene is used to synthesize the mature RNA transcript; once the introns have been removed, the exons are spliced together to produce the primary mRNA.
For a discontinuous gene, the whole gene is used to synthesize the primary RNA transcript; once the introns have been removed, the exons are spliced together to produce the mature mRNA.