BIOLOGY:THE ESSENTIALS (LL) W/CONNECT
BIOLOGY:THE ESSENTIALS (LL) W/CONNECT
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ISBN: 9781260670929
Author: Hoefnagels
Publisher: MCG CUSTOM
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Chapter 7, Problem 12WIO
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To determine:

The minimum size of the gene encoding the protein of 1259 amino acids long and the reason behind the longer length of the gene than its expected minimum length

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Proteins are made when many peptide chains made of a number of amino acids are joined to each other. The amino acids are coded when three RNA nucleotides come together to specify a particular amino acid from the genetic code.

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