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Chapter 12.4, Problem 1EQ
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To explain: The mechanism by which triplet mimics the role of an mRNA molecule.
Introduction: The two scientists, Nirenberg and Leder discovered the concept of triplets in the mRNA molecules. The triplet is the RNA molecules containing the set of three nucleotides. The triplets have the special characteristics of causing the tRNA molecule to bind to a ribosome.
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To explain: The usefulness of recognition of triplets in the study of Nirenberg and Leder.
Introduction: The two scientists, Nirenberg and Leder discovered the concept of triplets in the mRNA molecules. The triplet is the RNA molecules containing the set of three nucleotides. The triplets have the special characteristics of causing the tRNA molecule to bind to a ribosome.
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The gene ABCD is 1500 bases long. Answer the following questions:
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a. What is the mRNA transcript of the anticoding strand of the DNA model?
b. What is the amino acid sequence of the polypeptide chain that will be translated from the mRNA in (a)?
could Nirenberg and Matthaei have substituted RNA polymerase instead of polynucleotide phosphorylase without otherwise modifying the experiment? Why or why not?
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