KROK 1 2020 – Question 136 · KROK (Medicine) · Biology
A patient with inherited immunodeficiency underwent gene therapy: the gene of an enzyme was introduced into the patient’s cells using a retrovirus. What characteristic of the genetic code allows using retroviruses as vectors of functional genes?
- A. Universality
- B. Non-ambiguity
- C. Degeneracy
- D. Colinearity
- E. Commaless
Hint
Think about which property of the genetic code would have to hold across very different organisms if a transferred gene is to be read correctly by the recipient cell.
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