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Gene expression is the process involving synthesis of protein from a

Answer to Problem 1TYK
Correct answer:
Posttranscriptional regulation.
Explanation of Solution
Justification for the correct answer:
Option (d) is given as Posttranscriptional regulation. It controls the delivery of mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid) after transcription to the cytoplasm. DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is transcribed in the nucleus and after mRNA is synthesized, it is transferred to the cytoplasm. This control is called posttranscriptional regulation. During this process, pre-mRNA processing takes place. In this, splicing of the introns occur, capping and tailing is done on the ends of the mRNA. This is done in order to protect the transcribed mRNA from getting degraded by the action of enzymes. Hence, option (d) is correct.
Justification for the incorrect answers:
Option (a) is given as translational regulation. Translational regulation controls the rate of protein synthesis. It manages the rate at which the mRNA is being used up for protein synthesis. So, it is an incorrect option.
Option (b) is given as posttranslational regulation. Posttranslational regulation controls the functioning of proteins synthesized during translation. The 3 ways of controlling are chemical modification, degradation, and processing. So, it is an incorrect option.
Option (c) is given as transcriptional regulation. Transcriptional regulation controls the genes that are transcribed into mRNA. So, it is an incorrect option.
Option (e) is deoxyribonucleic regulation. Deoxyribonucleic acid is the DNA molecule present in the nucleus. This does not control the delivery of mRNA to the cytoplasm.
So, it is an incorrect option.
Hence, options, (a), (b), (c) and (e) are incorrect.
Thus, it can be concluded that after DNA is transcribed in the nucleus, mRNA is synthesized, and the process that controls its delivery to cytoplasm is called posttranscriptional regulation.
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