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A codon consists of 3 bases and there are of 4 different kinds of bases in a nucleic acid altogether . How many codons will be there ?

A

22

B

60

C

64

D

86

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  2. The first deciphering of genetic code throug trinucleotide synthesis w...

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  3. A codon consists of 3 bases and there are of 4 different kinds of base...

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  4. In the coding dictionary, there are 64 codons as :

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  5. In the genetic code dictionary, how many codons are used to code for a...

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  6. The triplet codes for several amino acids are experimentally determine...

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  7. The first codon discovered by Nirenberg and Matthei was :

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  8. The triplet UUU codes for :

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  9. Which one of the following codons for the same information as UGC ?

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  10. Which one of the following triplet codes, is correctly matched with it...

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  11. Usually triplet codons are red in the direction :

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  12. Which of the following amino acids has only one codon ?

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  13. The codon for the initiation of protein synthesis in eukaryotes is :

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  14. Which one of the following triplet codons is known as initiation codon...

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  15. AUG codes for :

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  16. Initiation of polypeptide chain formation is always brought about at t...

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  17. The starting t-RNA of prokaryotes is loaded with :

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  18. Identify the sense codon from the following :

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  19. During protein synthesis AUG functions as the initiator codon in RNA. ...

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  20. The nonsense codons help in :

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