Final answer:
False. Genes contain more than just instructions for assembling proteins. Only a small subset of proteins are made by any one cell.
Step-by-step explanation:
False. Genes contain more than just instructions for assembling proteins. False. Genes contain more than just instructions for assembling proteins. Only a small subset of proteins are made by any one cell. While it is true that DNA contains the instructions to assemble amino acids in a specific order to make protein, not all genes are expressed in every cell.
Each cell type only "turns on" (or expresses) the genes that have the code for the proteins it needs to use. Gene expression and protein synthesis are usually considered the same molecular process. Only a small subset of proteins are made by any one cell, and not all genes encoded in the DNA are transcribed into mRNA or translated into protein.