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Dr. Khorana and his colleagues synthesised an RNA molecule with a repeating sequence of UG bases (UGUGUGUG...). It produced a tetrapeptide with an alternating sequence of cysteine and valine. This proves that the codons for cysteine and valine are

Answer: (B)

Solution

Reading the repeating sequence UGUGUGUG... in triplets from the first base gives alternating codons UGU, GUG, UGU, GUG..., which correspond to the

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