NEETBiologyCell the Unit of LifeMCQ+4 / −1
What is true about ribosomes ?
- AThese are self - splicing introns of some RNAs.
- BThese are found only in eukaryotic cells
- CThere are composed of ribonucleic acid and proteins
- DThe prokaryotic ribosomes are 80 S, where 'S' stands for sedimentation coefficient.
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Correct answer: C
Ribosomes are amembraneous (ie. without membrane) cell organelle composed of rRNA and protein. These are found in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. In prokaryotes, ribosomes are 70S type while in eukaryotes, it is 80S type.
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