What explains the observation that a single eukaryotic protein coding gene can give rise to multiple different proteins, i.e., w

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What explains the observation that a single eukaryotic protein coding gene can give rise to multiple different proteins, i.e., w

hy are there only ~25,000 human genes in the genome, but ~150,000 different proteins in the human "proteome?" choose the two best correct answers?

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Radda [10] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-09T02:26:17+03:00

Radda [10]3 years ago

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• Genes can contain more than one polyadenylation site, which alters the 3' of the mRNA transcript and the inclusion/exclusion of exons.
• mRNA transcripts from the same gene can be differentially spliced to include/exclude exons.