Consider the Following Piece of Messenger RNA

question 39

Essay

Consider the following piece of messenger RNA:
5'-AUGGAGUCGUUAAUUAAACCGGUGCGGAUCGUAUUUAGUCCCCAC-3'
a)Draw both strands of the segment of DNA that this mRNA was transcribed from.
b)State which of the DNA strands the RNA synthesizing enzyme used as template for the transcription process.
c)Using the codon chart,give the amino acid sequence of the protein that would be produced by translation of the mRNA,assuming the ribosome moved along the mRNA from left to right.

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