Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
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Chapter 9, Problem 8SQ
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Introduction: The genetic information of DNA is based in the
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Most codons specify a(n)____ . a. protein c. amino acid b. polypeptide d. mRNA
THE CODONS THAT CODE FOR THE AMIMO ACID SER (SERINE) ARE
UCU, UCC,_____ AND _____
A small section of MRNA codons has the
following sequence:
UGU GGU CAA CCG
Some Amino Acids
1. Valine
2. Serine
3. Proline
4. Glycine
5. Arginine
6. Leucine
7. Histidine
8. Cysteine
9. Glutamine
The amino acids listed above that are
coded by the MRNA codons are
, and
Record your answer in order from left to
right codons.
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Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
Ch. 9 - RIPs as Cancer Drugs Researchers are taking a page...Ch. 9 - RIPs as Cancer Drugs Researchers are taking a page...Ch. 9 - RIPs as Cancer Drugs Researchers are taking a page...Ch. 9 - RIPs as Cancer Drugs Researchers are taking a page...Ch. 9 - A chromosome contains many different genes that...Ch. 9 - A binding .site for RNA polymerase is called a ___...Ch. 9 - In cells, most RNA molecules are ___ ; most DNA...Ch. 9 - Prob. 4SQCh. 9 - The main function of a DNA molecule is to ________...Ch. 9 - The main function of an mRNA molecule is to ___ ....
Ch. 9 - Prob. 7SQCh. 9 - Prob. 8SQCh. 9 - Prob. 9SQCh. 9 - Anticodons pair with ___ . a. mRNA codons b. DNA...Ch. 9 - Prob. 11SQCh. 9 - Prob. 12SQCh. 9 - Prob. 13SQCh. 9 - Energy that drives translation is provided mainly...Ch. 9 - Match the terms with the best description. ______...Ch. 9 - Researchers are designing and testing antisense...Ch. 9 - An anticodon has the sequence GCG. What amino acid...Ch. 9 - Each position of a codon can be occupied by one of...Ch. 9 - Prob. 4CTCh. 9 - Translate the .sequence of bases in the previous...Ch. 9 - Can you .spell your name (or someone else's) using...Ch. 9 - Bacteria use the.same stop codons as eukaryotes....
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- In RNA, ___________ pairs with adenine. A.Group of answer choices cytosine guanine thymine uracil B.The main differences between introns and exon is Group of answer choices Exons code for amino acids and Introns do not Introns code for RNA and exons code for DNA Introns code for amino acids and exons do not Introns enter the nucleus and exons leave the nucleusarrow_forwardA particular triplet of bases in the anticodon strand of the tRNA is 5' - AGU - 3'. A. The corresponding codon for the mRNA is _________ (write 5’ --> 3). B. If this codon is translated, the codon specifies the addition of which amino acid? _______________________arrow_forwardIn the genetic code ______ codons code for amino acids, while _____ are stop codons and do not code for an amino acid.arrow_forward
- Anticodons pair with_____ . a. mRNA codons c. RNA anticodons b. DNA codons d. amino acidsarrow_forwardAnticodons pair with ___ .a. mRNA codonsb. DNA codonsc. RNA anticodonsd. amino acidsarrow_forward3’ G G A U A C G U C A C C G G U A U A A G G U U U C G U A U C G 5’ If the RNA synthesized above is a functional mRNA and all the nucleotides belong to an exon, a. how many codons are present in this mRNA? b. how many codons actually code for a protein in this mRNA? c. what stop codon is present in this mRNA?arrow_forward
- I’m supposed to translate tRNA into amino acids for each codon of the previous question and state what the amino acid chains become. For example: AUG AAA CGC CCA....arrow_forwardBecause of _____, a tRNA may recognize more thanone codonarrow_forwardThere are ___ codons that specify the amino acid Valine, demonstrating the genetic code is ___arrow_forward
- When examining the genetic code, it is apparent that ________. there are 44 stop codons because there are only 20 amino acids there can be more than one codon for a particular amino acid AUG is a terminating codon the code is ambiguous in that the same codon can code for two or more amino acids there can be more than one amino acid for a particular codonarrow_forwardThe eukaryotic mature mRNA sequence will be translated into a polypeptide that is _____ amino acids long (hint remember to "be a ribosome" and scan for the AUG and look out for stop codons!). 5’-CCATTCAUGUUUGGUGGCUAACCA-3’arrow_forwardExplain why the statement is correct. A section of the mRNA has a nucleotide sequence of CUATAUGUTGUU. How many codons does this segment of mRNA represent? none, this molecule is not an RNA transcript of DNAarrow_forward
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