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Which of the following is true about protein synthesis in bacteria and eukaryotes?
Which of the following is true about protein synthesis in bacteria and eukaryotes?
- Only bacteria make proteins on polyribosomes
- Protein synthesis does not occur in eukaryotes
- Both bacteria and eukaryotes make proteins on polyribosomes (correct)
- Bacteria and eukaryotes make proteins differently
What is the basis of some antibiotics that inhibit bacterial protein synthesis?
What is the basis of some antibiotics that inhibit bacterial protein synthesis?
- Similarities in mRNA between bacteria and eukaryotes
- Similarities in ribosomes between bacteria and eukaryotes
- Differences in ribosomes between bacteria and eukaryotes (correct)
- Differences in mRNA between bacteria and eukaryotes
What advantage do bacteria have in accelerating protein synthesis?
What advantage do bacteria have in accelerating protein synthesis?
- Their unprocessed mRNA is physically accessible to ribosomes (correct)
- They have more ribosomes than eukaryotes
- Their mRNA is processed more efficiently
- They have a larger pool of amino acids
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