MCAT Question A Day - 5/11/14 - Answer!

Eukaryotic mRNA production occurs in the following sequence:

A. Transcription from DNA in the cytoplasm followed by post transcriptional processing on the ribosome

B. Transcription from DNA in the nucleus followed by post transcriptional processing in the nucleus

C. Translation from DNA in the nucleus followed by post-transcriptional processing in the nucleus

D. Translation from DNA in the cytoplasm followed by post-transcriptional processing on the ribosome

B is correct. You should know that mRNA leaves the nucleus in its finished form and that the process of RNA production is called transcription.

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