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11. The segment of DNA below contains three exons and two introns. The length of each
section is as follows:
Exon 1: 90 base pairs
Exon 2: 110 base pairs
Exon 3: 70 base pairs
Intron 1: 180 base pairs
Intron 2: 120 base pairs
Initiation Site
Intron 1
Promoter Exon 1
Intron2 Exon 3 Termination Site
A. How long will the coding region of the processed mRNA transcript be?
(Remember that stop codons are indeed transcribed into mRNA.)
B. How many amino acids will be included in the translated protein? (Careful!) X
PolyA site
Exon 2
Transcribed Image Text:11. The segment of DNA below contains three exons and two introns. The length of each section is as follows: Exon 1: 90 base pairs Exon 2: 110 base pairs Exon 3: 70 base pairs Intron 1: 180 base pairs Intron 2: 120 base pairs Initiation Site Intron 1 Promoter Exon 1 Intron2 Exon 3 Termination Site A. How long will the coding region of the processed mRNA transcript be? (Remember that stop codons are indeed transcribed into mRNA.) B. How many amino acids will be included in the translated protein? (Careful!) X PolyA site Exon 2
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A. In an mRNA exons refer to the coding region while introns refer to the non-coding regions. During the process of mRNA splicing the non-coding introns are spliced off the mRNA joining the coding exons with each other. 

So, the processed mRNA will have a translation start site, exons joined to each other, and the poly-A tail while introns will be eliminated.

Hence the length of the coding region will be the length of Exon1 +Exon2 +Exon 3 =90+110+70 =270 bases.  

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