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Transfer RNA functions in __
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Carrying amino acids to the correct site on the mRN
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According to current ideas about the DNA genetic code, which of the following statements is false?
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Every possible triplet codes only for some amino acid
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Though a gene codes for the sequence of nucleotides & ultimately for all aspects of a protein's structure, it codes directly only for ___
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Primary Structure
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Some amino acids are specid=fied by several "synonymous" codons. TorF
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True
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As proteins are being synthesized, tRNA molecules are constantly being released from the site of amino acid incorporation. What happens to these tRNA molecules?
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They pick up another amino acid of the same type that they had before.
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Many compounds of the Kreb's Cycle and Glycoysis are used to make fatty acids. TorF
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True
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A certain gene codes for a polypeptide that is 126 amino acids long. The portion of the gene that codes for this polypeptide is probably how many nucleotides long?
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378
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How many possible codes are there from the universal genetic code?
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64
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An intron is?
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A RNA sequence that is cut out from RNA transcript before translation
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