The chromosome of phage φX174 encodes 11 proteins consisting of a total of more than 2300 amino acids, even though the size of i

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The chromosome of phage φX174 encodes 11 proteins consisting of a total of more than 2300 amino acids, even though the size of i

ts genome predicts that it should be able to code for only 1795 amino acids. The reason for this discrepancy is __________.
A. enhancers
B. overlapping reading frames
C. alternative splicing
D. frameshift mutations

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ankoles [38] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-25T12:54:13+03:00

ankoles [38]4 years ago

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Answer:

B. overlapping reading frames

Explanation:

because due to presence of these overlapping regions the Start codons in different reading frames generate different proteins (polypeptides) from the same DNA sequence.