LABORATORY REVIEW
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
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20
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64
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Detailed explanation-1: -A set of three bases makes up a codon. The messenger RNA contains many such codons, with a series of three bases followed by three more bases, and then three more bases, and so on.
Detailed explanation-2: -The three-letter nature of codons means that the four nucleotides found in mRNA-A, U, G, and C-can produce a total of 64 different combinations.
Detailed explanation-3: -Each group of three bases in mRNA constitutes a codon, and each codon specifies a particular amino acid (hence, it is a triplet code).
Detailed explanation-4: -In mRNA, three-nucleotide units called codons dictate a particular amino acid. For example, AUG codes for the amino acid methionine (beige). In mRNA, three-nucleotide units called codons dictate a particular amino acid.
Detailed explanation-5: -A codon consists of three nucleotide bases. A codon codes for one amino acid. When messenger RNA (mRNA) is read by the ribosome, the ribosome reads it in groups of three nucleotides called a codon. Each codon codes for one amino acid.