A Mutation During DNA Replication Causes a G to Be

question 36

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)Elongation will stop prematurely.
• C)There will be a single amino acid substitution.
• 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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