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A sequence of how many nucleotides in messenger `RNA` makes a codon for amino acid ?
(a)Three
(b)Four
(c)One
(d)Two

A

Three

B

Four

C

One

D

Two

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ALLEN-GENETICS & MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE AND MUTATION-EXERCISE-I (CONCEPTUAL QUESTIONS)
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  7. Protein synthesis in an animal cell occurs

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  11. In a polypeptide chain of 125 amino acids, if the 25^(th) amino acid i...

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

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  13. Which of the following is not correct about translation

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  15. Arrangement of three successive bases in the genetic code codes for :

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