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Q: What are stop codons used for in coded messages?
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How many protein-coding codons are there?

61 codons specify the amino acids used in proteins and 3 codons (stop codons) signal termination of growth of the polypeptide chain...so 64 total


All except three codons provide codes for amino acids These three codons are used as signals?

Of the 64 codons, the three that do not code for amino acids are stop codons.The stop codons are:TAG in DNA (UAG in mRNA)TAA (UAA)TGA (UGA)They signify the end of the gene, i.e. the end of the segment to be transcribed and translated.


What does coded mean?

a system of words, letters, symbols, or numbers used to deliver messages or a set of rules


How many codons are present on the mRNA strand?

There are 6 codon here. Look at the letters and put them into threes. Those three are called codons. Each codes for one amino acid and all of these is a string of threes which will make a small protein.


How codons are used to build protein?

Aside from starting and stopping the translation process each codon triplet is the code for one amino acid. As there are 64 codons the amino acid code is redundant. So, ACU, could be the code for one amino acid in the mRNA coding sequence. Google codon table.


Who Fooled Japanese by sending messages coded in their native language?

the Navaho language was used as a code, I think by the US, in WW2


How many codons would be needed if a bacterial protein contains 150 amino acids?

1. the start codon 2. 150 codons, 1 for each amino acid 3. the stop codon The total number of different codons is 64...if this question is asking about unique codons used the answer will depend on which amino acids are in the peptide.


What meaning do the first and last codons have for protein synthesis?

Codons are used for making amino acids. Some codons will tell the ribosomes to start tell the tRNA to make the amino acids or to stop making amino acids. I like to think of the start/initiator/promoter codon(AUG) as a capital letter in a sentence and the stop/terminator codons(UAA, UAG, and UGA) as periods in a sentence.


The triplet code means that 64 codons translate into only 20 amino acids. What are the additional 44 codons used for?

The triplet code means that 64 codons translate into only 20 amino acids. The additional 44 codons are not used for anything, but they are rather a redundancy in the code.


True or false A codon signifies either a specific amino acid or a stop signal?

It is false that all amino acids are specified by only one codon. The codon is simply the language that is used to relay information concerning the messenger ribosomal nucleic acid.


Which of the follwing coded entries are used to control access to computers?

Ascii coded


What halts translation in DNA?

In the translation of a DNA a stop Codon will help to put a stop to the process of translation.There are three stop codons used in the process when a ribosome reaches one of the Codon it stops.