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A sequence of how many nucleotides in messenger RNA makes a codon for an amino acid?

Options

  1. Athree
  2. Bfour
  3. Cone
  4. Dtwo

Correct answer

A. three

Step-by-step solution

A codon is a sequence of three DNA or RNA nucleotides that corresponds with a specific amino acid or stop signal during protein synthesis. Related Theory There are 3 stop codons in the genetic code U A G, U A A , and U G A .

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