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B. What is the difference between monocistronic and polycistronic mRNA and what kind of cells do they describe

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Polycistronic mRNA is a mRNA that encodes several proteins and is characteristic of many bacterial and chloroplast mRNAs. Polycistronic mRNAs consist of a leader sequence which precedes the first gene. ... Monocistronic mRNA is a mRNA that encodes only one protein and all eukaryotic mRNAs are monocistronic.

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