Question

If you gradually decrease the Mg²⁺ concentration of the solution of ribosomes, what will you expect?

a.

The subunits will associate faster

b.

The subunits will dissociate

c.

rRNA will separate from its protein

d.

The two subunits will dissociate into its rRNA

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Answer: (b).The subunits will dissociate

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