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What is the functional relationship between codons and amino acids?
A Many different codons may code for the same amino acid
B A single codon may code for many different amino acids
C Codons and amino acids randomly associate around a particular tRNA
D A given amino acid is only coded for by a single codon
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- Give the complementary codons, anticodons, and amino acids for the following: - ATG - CCA-AGG-GCT - ACT Code: TAC-TCG-CGC-ACC-GTA-TGC Give the complementary code, anticodons, and amino acids for the following: Codon: AUG - UCA - UCU - CGU - UAC - CCU - GCC-ACU-GCA - CUG - UAG Give the complementary code, codons, and amino acids for the following: Anticodon : UAC – CUA – GAC – AUG – GGG – CAU – UGG – CCA – GCA – AUU Complete the following tables: CODE: T-A-C A-T-G C-C-G T-G-G A-A-T C-G-C A-T-T CODON: ANTICODON: AMINO ACID: CODE: CODON: ANTICODON: U-A-C A-U-G U-U-C C-G-A AMINO ACID: CODE: CODON: A-U-G ANTICODON AMINO ACID: T-T-A C-C-U A-U-C A-U-C C-C-U A-C-U C-U-G T-A-C U-A-Garrow_forwardThe genetic code is Random in that the codons for the same amino acid are structurally unrelated Read by pairing codons in TRNAS with anticodons in mRNAs Read by pairing anticodons in TRNAS with codons in MRNAS Redundant in that each codon can code for multiple amino acidsarrow_forwardHow can the 4 nucleotides present in DNA code for the 20 different amino acids found in proteins? How many bases would be needed in a codon if there were five RNA bases instead of four?arrow_forward
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