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#Question id: 4140


Which of the following statements about bacterial mRNA is true?

#XL - T Zoology
  1. A ribosome usually initiates translation near the end of the mRNA that is synthesized last.

  2. An mRNA is never degraded but is passed on to the daughter cells at cell division.

  3. During polypeptide synthesis, ribosomes move along the mRNA in the direction 5'  3'.

  4. Ribosomes cannot initiate internally in a polycistronic transcript.