A Mutation During DNA Replication Causes a G to Be

question 7

Multiple Choice

A mutation during DNA replication causes a G to be inserted after the first base of the codon for tryptophan. How will this affect the growing polypeptide chain?

• A) It will not be affected.
• B) There will be a single amino acid substitution.
• C) Elongation will stop prematurely.
• D) The reading frame will be shifted to the left, and the wrong amino acids will be added from this point on.
• E) An extra amino acid will be added, but the reading frame will not be affected.

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