Organic Chemistry
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Author: William H. Brown, Brent L. Iverson, Eric Anslyn, Christopher S. Foote
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 28, Problem 28.41P
The alpha chain of human hemoglobin has 141 amino acids in a single polypeptide chain. Calculate the minimum number of bases on DNA necessary to code for the alpha chain. Include in your calculation the bases necessary for specifying termination of polypeptide synthesis.
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Ch. 28.1 - Prob. 28.1PCh. 28.2 - Prob. 28.2PCh. 28.2 - Prob. 28.3PCh. 28.3 - Here is a portion of the nucleotide sequence in...Ch. 28.4 - The following section of DNA codes for oxytocin, a...Ch. 28.5 - Prob. 28.6PCh. 28 - Prob. 28.7PCh. 28 - Following are structural formulas for cytosine and...Ch. 28 - Prob. 28.9PCh. 28 - Prob. 28.10P
Ch. 28 - Prob. 28.11PCh. 28 - Prob. 28.12PCh. 28 - Prob. 28.13PCh. 28 - Prob. 28.14PCh. 28 - Prob. 28.15PCh. 28 - Draw a structural formula of the DNA...Ch. 28 - List the postulates of the Watson-Crick model of...Ch. 28 - Prob. 28.18PCh. 28 - Prob. 28.19PCh. 28 - Prob. 28.20PCh. 28 - Prob. 28.21PCh. 28 - Prob. 28.22PCh. 28 - Prob. 28.23PCh. 28 - Prob. 28.24PCh. 28 - Write the DNA complement for 5-ACCGTTAAT-3. Be...Ch. 28 - Prob. 28.26PCh. 28 - Prob. 28.27PCh. 28 - Compare DNA and RNA is these ways. (a)...Ch. 28 - What type of RNA has the shortest lifetime in...Ch. 28 - Prob. 28.30PCh. 28 - Prob. 28.31PCh. 28 - Prob. 28.32PCh. 28 - Write the mRNA codons for the following. (a)...Ch. 28 - Prob. 28.34PCh. 28 - Prob. 28.35PCh. 28 - Prob. 28.36PCh. 28 - Prob. 28.37PCh. 28 - Prob. 28.38PCh. 28 - Prob. 28.39PCh. 28 - What polypeptide is coded for by this mRNA...Ch. 28 - The alpha chain of human hemoglobin has 141 amino...Ch. 28 - Prob. 28.42P
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