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Author Question: Which of the following nucleotide triplets best represents a codon? A) a triplet (Read 898 times)

Yolanda

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on: Jun 25, 2013
Which of the following nucleotide triplets best represents a codon?
A) a triplet separated spatially from other triplets
B) a triplet that has no corresponding amino acid
C) a triplet at the opposite end of tRNA from the attachment site of the amino acid
D) a triplet in the same reading frame as an upstream AUG
E) a sequence in tRNA at the 3' end


coco

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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2013
It's D. Have a nice day!


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Yolanda

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Reply #2 on: Jul 5, 2013
Thanks COCO :D


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