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How Is the Poly(A)tail Added to the 3' Ends of the MRNAs

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How is the poly(A) tail added to the 3' ends of the mRNAs produced during infection with a paramyxovirus?


A) The viral polymerase stutters at a poly(U) sequence.
B) The cellular poly(A) polymerase adds it.
C) Paramyxovirus mRNAs do not have poly(A) tails.
D) The viral poly(A) polymerase adds it after the mRNA is released from the template.
E) The entire poly(A) tail is encoded in the genome.

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