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Codons are read in triplets (3) so divide 144 by 3

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Q: If a section of mRNA contains 144 nucleotides how many codons does it contain?
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Do DNA have codons?

Yes, DNA has codons. Codons are three nucleotides of DNA which code for a single amino acid.


How many nucleotides are involved in synthesis of a protein that contains 1013 amino acids?

When we exclude the start and termination codon sequences, this leaves 1013 amino acids multiplied by 3 nucleotides per amino acid = 3039 nucleotides, or 1013 codons.


How many different codons are possible with the four different nucleotides?

42 = 16 possible codons.


How many codons are there in an mRNA with 75 nucleotides?

Every codon is three nucleotide pairs, so you would have 25 codons.


What do you call three nucleotides in a row code for in DNA?

Anti-Codons


Three nucleotides that together specify one aminoacid?

Codon


How manny codons are needed to specify three amino acids?

three. (= 9 nucleotides)


How many nucleotides a genetic codon carries?

Three nucleotides makes up each codon. The codons consist of combination of 4 differing nucleotides A,G,T, and C.


Which type of RNA contains the codon?

Messenger RNA, or mRNA contains the codons. tRNA (transfer RNA) contains the anti-codons which bond to the codons of the mRNA. Amino acids are attached to the tRNA and form polypeptides based on the codons on the mRNA.


How do nucleotides provide nucleic acid's with specific codes?

Nucleotides are merely the building blocks of nucleic acids like DNA and RNA. The specific order of these nucleotides are read in triplet form (AAC, ATA, etc.) as codons (which code for amino acids), and the combinations of these codons make up genes (which code for proteins).


How many possible codons are there?

The answer to this question is 64 CODONS. Codons are the "words" consisting of the "letter" bases, which are a, u, g, and c. EXAMPLE: AUG (Methionine) and CAG (Glutamine) AUG and CAG are just two of the 64 possible codons.


Which type of RNA contains codons?

Messenger RNA (mRNA). Transfer RNA (tRNA) contains anti-codons.