Chloramphenicol, an inhibitor of protein synthesis, would inhibit protein synthesis in mitochondria but would not do so with regard to protein synthesis in the cytoplasm. This suggests that

Options

A. The mitochondria protein synthesis and the cytoplasmic protein synthesis are of different types
B. The enzymes machinery of protein synthesis in mitochondria function independently
C. The mitochondria are dependent upon nucleus for its protein synthesis
D. Both 'b' and 'c'

Answer

B