Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (3rd Edition)
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Author: Mark F. Sanders, John L. Bowman
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 9, Problem 2P
In the experiments that deciphered the genetic code, many different synthetic mRNA sequences were tested.
Describe how the codon for phenylalanine was identified.
What was the result of studies of synthetic mRNAs composed exclusively of cytosine?
What result was obtained for synthetic mRNAs containing AG repeats, that is, AGAGAGAG…?
Predict the results of experiments examining GCUA repeats.
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Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (3rd Edition)
Ch. 9 - 9.1 Some proteins are composed of two or more...Ch. 9 - In the experiments that deciphered the genetic...Ch. 9 - 9.3 Several lines of experimental evidence pointed...Ch. 9 - Outline the events that occur during initiation of...Ch. 9 - 9.5 A portion of a DNA template strand has the...Ch. 9 - Describe three features of tRNA molecules that...Ch. 9 - Prob. 7PCh. 9 - For each of the anticodon sequences given in the...Ch. 9 - What is the role of codons UAA, UGA and UAG in...Ch. 9 - Compare and contrast the composition and structure...
Ch. 9 - Consider translation of the following mRNA...Ch. 9 - Prob. 12PCh. 9 - Third-base wobble allows some tRNAs to recognize...Ch. 9 - The genetic code contains 61 codons to specify the...Ch. 9 - 9.15 The three major forms of (,, and ) interact...Ch. 9 - The accompanying figure contains sufficient...Ch. 9 - 9.17 The line below represents a mature eukaryotic...Ch. 9 - 9.18. After completing Problem, carefully draw a...Ch. 9 - 9.19 Define and describe the differences in the...Ch. 9 - 9.20. Describe the roles and relationships...Ch. 9 - 9.21 In an experiment to decipher the genetic...Ch. 9 - Identify and describe the steps that lead to the...Ch. 9 - Prob. 23PCh. 9 - Har Gobind Khorana and his colleagues performed...Ch. 9 - 9.25 An experiment by Khorana and his colleagues...Ch. 9 - Prob. 26PCh. 9 - 9.27 The mature transcribed from the human gene is...Ch. 9 - Prob. 28PCh. 9 - Prob. 29PCh. 9 - Prob. 30PCh. 9 - 9.31 A portion of the coding strand of for a gene...Ch. 9 - A eukaryotic mRNA has the following sequence. The...Ch. 9 - Diagram a eukaryotic gene containing three exons...Ch. 9 - Prob. 34PCh. 9 - 9.35 Table lists and gene sequences for or ...Ch. 9 - Prob. 36PCh. 9 - In terms of the polycistronic composition of mRNAs...Ch. 9 - Prob. 38PCh. 9 - 9.39 Answer the following questions about the...Ch. 9 - 9.40 for each of the following anticodon...Ch. 9 - Prob. 41PCh. 9 - Prob. 42P
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