Table 82 Codon on MRNA and Corresponding Amino Acid
-Refer to Table

question 9

Multiple Choice

Table 8.2 $\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | } \hline \text { UUA } & \text { leucine } & \text { UAA } & \text { nonsense } \\\hline \text { GCA } & \text { alanine } & \text { AAU } & \text { sparagine } \\\hline \text { AAG } & \text { lysine } & \text { UGC } & \text { cysteine } \\\hline \text { GUU } & \text { valine } & \begin{array} { l } \text { UCG, } \\\text { UCU }\end{array} & \text { serine } \\\hline\end{array}$ Codon on mRNA and corresponding amino acid
-Refer to Table 8.2. If the sequence of amino acids encoded by a strand of DNA is serine- alanine- lysine- leucine, what is the order of bases in the sense strand of DNA?

• A) 3' AGACGTTTCAAT
• B) 3' UGUGCAAAGUUA
• C) 3' TCTCGTTTGTTA
• D) 5' TGTGCTTTCTTA
• E) 5' AGAGCTTTGAAT

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