Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (4th Edition)
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Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
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If a scientist synthesizes a DNA molecule with the
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If a scientist synthesizes a DNA molecule with a nucleotide base sequence to TACGGGGGAGGGGGAGGGGGA transcription and translation what would be the amino acid sequence of the product?
Transcribe the following DNA sequence. Then translate the resulting mRNA transcript.
GGACTACGTTCAAAAGCCATGGATTCGGTA
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What would be the result of the following mutations in the DNA sequence above? How would the polypeptide change? How would you characterize this mutation? (Nucleotides are numbered from left to right.)
a) nucleotide number 16 changes from a G to an A
b) nucleotide number 12 changes from an A to a T
c) nucleotide number 8 changes from a G to an A
d) an insertion of a C between nucleotides 14 and 15.
Translation of the dna sequence AAGCTGGGA would result in:
A) a DNA strand with the base sequence TTCGACCCT
B) an mRNA strand with the sequence TTCGACCCT
C) a sequence of three amino acids linked by peptide bonds
D) an mRNA strand with the sequence UUGCACCCU
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Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (4th Edition)
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