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प्रश्न
Differentiate between the genetic codes given below:
Degenerate and Initiator
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उत्तर
Degenerate and Initiator:
| Degenerate | Initiator |
| when an amino acid is coded by more than one codon, it is said to be degenerate. | AUG is an initiator codon i.e. it initiates the translation process & also codes for methionine. |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
DNA is a polymer of nucleotides which are linked to each other by 3’-5’ phosphodiester bond. To prevent polymerisation of nucleotides, which of the following modifications would you choose?
Khorana first deciphered the triplet codons of ______.
Out of A=T, G =C pairing, bases of DNA may exist in alternate valency state owing to arrangement called ______.
Which out of the following statements is incorrect?
AUG on the mRNA will result in the activation of which of the following RNA having the correct combination of amino acids:
| Site A | Site B | |
| A. | UAC | Methionine |
| B. | Methionine | UAC |
| C. | Methionine | AUG |
| D. | AUG | Methionine |
Methionine carrying tRNA has anticodon:
George Gamow suggested that each codon coding for an amino acid consists of ______
How many codons code for amino acid?
Statement I:
The codon ‘AUG’ codes for methionine and phenylalanine.
Statement II:
‘AAA’ and ‘AAG’ are both codons that code for the amino acid lysine.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Who proposed that the genetic code for amino acids should be made up of three nucleotides?
