Molecular Basis of Inheritance Question 8
8. A complex of ribosomes attached to a single strand of RNA is known as
(a) Polysome
(b) Polymer
(c) Polypeptide
(d) Okazaki fragment
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Answer : a
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(a) A polysome or polyribosome is a complex of an mRNA molecule and two or more ribosomes, which is formed during the active translation process. They were initially named as ergosomes in 1963. However, further research by Jonathan Warner and Alex Rich characterized polysome.
