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Amino Acids and Nucleotides

Postby NightStalker on Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:42 am

Hey, there is a practise question in my textbook asking wat is the minimum number of nucleotides to code for 85 amino acids? what is the maximum?

Can anyone explain the answer i am having a hard time coming up with the answer
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Postby Darby on Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:00 am

You need to check out "codons."
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Postby mith on Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:09 am

and splicing if it's an eukaryote
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