Table 82
Codon on MRNA and Corresponding Amino Acid -Refer to Table 8

question 3

Multiple Choice

Table 8.2
Codon on mRNA and corresponding amino acid $$\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | } \hline \text { UUA } & \text { leucine } & \text { UAA } & \text { nonsense } \\\hline \text { GCA } & \text { alanine } & \text { AAU } & \text { asparagine } \\\hline \text { AAG } & \text { lysine } & \mathrm { UGC } & \text { cysteine } \\\hline \text { GUU } & \text { valine } & \mathrm { UCG } , \mathrm { UCU }& \text { serine } \\\hline\end{array}$$
-Refer to Table 8.2 The anticodon for valine is

• A) CUU.
• B) GUU.
• C) GTA.
• D) CTT.
• E) CAA.

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