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The nitrogenous base adenine is found in all members of which group?
a. proteins, triglycerides, and testosterone
b. proteins, ATP, and DNA
c. ATP, RNA, and DNA
d. alpha glucose, ATP, and DNA
e. proteins, carbohydrates, and ATP


C) ATP, RNA, and DNA


If proteins were composed of only 12 different kinds of amino acids, what would be the smallest
possible codon size in a genetic system with four different nucleotides?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
e. 12


B) 2




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A particular triplet of bases in the template strand of DNA is 5' AGT 3'. The corresponding codon
for the mRNA transcribed is
a. 3' UCA 5'.
b. 3' UGA 5'.
c. 5' TCA 3'.
d. 3'ACU 5'.
e. either UCA or TCA, depending on wobble in the first base


E) 3' UCA 5'.


A possible sequence of nucleotides in the template strand of DNA that would code for the
polypeptide sequence phe-leu-ile-val would be
a. 5' TTG-CTA-CAG-TAG 3'.
b. 3' AAC-GAC-GUC-AUA 5'.
c. 5' AUG-CTG-CAG-TAT 3'.
d. 3' AAA-AAT-ATA-ACA 5'.
e. 3' AAA-GAA-TAA-CAA 5


E) 3' AAA-GAA-TAA-CAA 5'.




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