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Arindam Paul posted an Question
November 19, 2020 • 20:47 pm 30 points
  • IIT JAM
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The genetic code of a particular organism uses 4 base codons, out of which the 3rd base is completely unimportant and not informative. if each codon is associat

The genetic code of a particular organism uses 4 base codons, out of which the 3rd base is completely unimportant and not informative. If each codon is associated with just one amino acid and there exists a single stop codon, how many amino acids can possibly be used by the organism for protein synthesis? (a) 63 (b) 255 (c) 32 (d) 203

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    Anup Padwal Best Answer

    Option A: 63 Solve logically. if there are 4 base codon and 3rd is not playing role so it become triplicate just like all living organism and we know that in living organisms there are 64 codon. minus one termination codon.

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