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The name"mRNA" was given by...

The name"mRNA" was given by

A

Kornberg and khorana

B

Khorana and Nirenberg

C

Jacob and Monad

D

Messelson and Stahl

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c) mRNA carries genetic information in cytoplasm for the synthesis of protiens. For this reason only, it was named messenger RNA by Jacob and Monad. It constitutes `5%` of total RNA.
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