After treating some cells with a compound and examining the mRNA levels and the protein levels in the cell, what is a possible reason that mRNA levels and protein levels won't coincide?
a The promoter is turned on more.
b The mRNA transcripts degradation is being inhibited.
c Protein levels equal mRNA levels.
d None of the above
After treating some cells with a compound and examining the mRNA levels and the protein levels in the cell, what is a possible reason that mRNA levels and protein levels won't coincide?
The correct answer is
(b) the mRNA transcripts degradation is being inhibited.
There are at least four different processes that take place mRNA synthesys/degradation, mRNA translation (protein synthesis)/degradation. If transcripts degradation is inhibited, the pool of already synthesized mRNA might however be efficiently translated and/or protein stability can increase. As a result, protein product accumulation level might remain stable or even increase, whereas the levels of mRNA decreases and therefore it doesn't coincides.
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