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Which of the following types of RNA carries amino acids towards ribosome during translation?

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Which one of the following is the start codon?
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These triplets among 64 codons do not possess any understanding continuing the process by association with their anticodons are:
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Find the nucleotide sequence of the mRNA which codes for the sequence of amino acids Met'-Leu-Val-Arg-Ala' and choose the correct option from below:
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Identify P and Q in the following figure?

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If there are 999 bases in an RNA that codes for a protein with 333 amino acids, and the base at position 901 is deleted such that the length of the RNA becomes 998 bases, how many codons will be altered?
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Which of the following amino acids is coded by single codon?
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The codon on mRNA are

CAU-CCU-AAA-CUG

Identify the correct sequence of amino acids.

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Which of the following is not a characteristic of genetic code?
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Under which of the following conditions will there be no change in the reading frame of the following mRNA?
5’AACAGCGGUGCUAUU 3’
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Which of the following features of genetic code does allow bacteria to produce human insulin by recombinant DNA technology?
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In which region of the t-RNA molecule is the amino acid binding site located?
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If DNA codons are ATG GAA, insertion of thymine after the first codon results in:
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Statement I: The codon 'AUG' codes for methionine and phenylalanine.
Statement II: 'AAA' and 'AAG' both codons code for the amino acid lysine.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
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A mature mRNA consists of 900 bases without any stop codon in between. Calculate the number of amino acids coded by the mRNA during translation.
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Codon degeneracy means that
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If molecular weight of a polypeptide is 15.3 kDa, what would be the minimum number of nucleotides in the mRNA that codes for this polypeptide? Assume that molecular weight of each amino acid is 90 Da.
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In an In-vitro translation experiment, poly (UC) RNA template produced poly (Ser-Leu), while poly (AG) RNA template produced poly (Arg-Glu) polypeptide. Which ONE of the following options represents correct interpretations of the codons assignments for Ser, Leu, Arg and Glu?
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There are 1998 bases in RNA that codes 666 amino acids and the base position at 901 is deleted such that the length of the RNA becomes 1997 bases. The number of codons altered are
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A new life form discovered on a distant planet has a genetic code consisting of five unique nucleotides and only one stop codon. If each codon has four bases, what is the maximum number of unique amino acids this life form can use?
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In Escherichia coli, how many codons codes for the standard amino-acids?