The action of a new drug is unknown, so you test various aspects of eukaryotic cell processes looking for an effect. You notice that the survival of cells exposed to this drug is very low. Further analysis shows that some proteins and mRNAs are much longer than they should be. One hypothesis is that the drug interferes with
A)transcription termination signals.
B)spliceosome activity.
C)ribosomes.
D)nucleoli.
E)both A and B

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The drug likely interferes with transcription termination signals and spliceosome activity, leading to longer proteins and mRNAs.

The Action of a New Drug Is Unknown, So You