Messenger RNAs that contain no stop codons are eliminated by
A)nonstop decay.
B)directed RNase activity.
C)nonsense-mediated decay.
D)error-mediated repair.
E)none of these mechanisms.

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Nonstop decay is the mechanism by which messenger RNAs (mRNAs) that lack stop codons are recognized and degraded in the cell. This process helps to prevent the translation machinery from stalling at the end of such aberrant mRNAs.

Messenger RNAs That Contain No Stop Codons Are Eliminated by