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The amino acid arginine has 6 mRNA codons :
CGU, CGC, CGA, CGG, AGA and AGG. Give the DNA codons for it.

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GCA, GCG, GCT, GCC, TCT and TCC.
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OSWAAL PUBLICATION-MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE -TOPIC-2: Very Short Answer Type Question
  1. Mention two functions of the codon AUG.

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  2. Which base triplets code for the amino acid phenylalanine?

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  3. The amino acid arginine has 6 mRNA codons : CGU, CGC, CGA, CGG, AGA ...

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  4. What do you call a noncoding intervening nucleotide sequence in a euka...

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  5. Who proposed the operon model?

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  6. What is codon?

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  7. What is an anticodon?

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  8. What is a genetic code?

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  9. Name the three non-sense codon?

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  10. How many bases code for one amino acid?

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  11. Name the amino acids which have only one codon each.

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  12. The genetic code is non-overlapping and degenerate. Is it so?

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  13. Is there any base triplet that codes for more than one amino acid?

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  14. A polypeptide of 600 amino acids will be coded for by a linear-sequenc...

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  15. Of the 64 possible code triplets, how many code for amino acids and ho...

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  16. Are there any base triplets that code for amino acids and also for sta...

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  17. Khorana and his colleagues synthesized an RNA molecule with repeating ...

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  18. A change in a sequence of DNA occurs so that the mRNA codon reads AUC ...

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  19. While an mRNA strand is being translated in the ribosome subunit, the ...

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  20. Name the amino acid first coded in protein synthesis?

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