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Author Question: What is the effect of a nonsense mutation in a gene? A) It changes an amino acid (Read 697 times)

Yolanda

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on: Jun 25, 2013
What is the effect of a nonsense mutation in a gene?
A) It changes an amino acid in the encoded protein.
B) It has no effect on the amino acid sequence of the encoded protein.
C) It introduces a premature stop codon into the mRNA.
D) It alters the reading frame of the mRNA.
E) It prevents introns from being excised.


coco

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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2013
It's C. 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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