In prokaryotes, what feature of their mRNA allows expression of multiple proteins from a single transcript?
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Correct answer: Polycistronic mRNA
Prokaryotic mRNAs are often polycistronic — a single mRNA carries coding sequences for multiple genes, enabling synthesis of several proteins from one transcript.
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