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They are the building blocks that will form proteins. Each base codes for one amino acid. Adding one amino acid to another and another will make a protein.

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A section of DNA that codes for one protein?

A piece of DNA that codes for a particular protein is called a gene.


What determines genetic codes?

the number of nitrogen bases in a DNA molecule


What does the order of the bases in DNA ultimately?

Order of bases in a gene codes for the amino acid assembly into a protein.


Why are nitrogenous bases significant?

Adenine( A), Thymine( T), Guanine( G), Cytosine(C)


One pair of three nitrogen bases codes for one?

1 amino acid


What is the sequence of bases in DNA that codes for a single amino acid?

A sequence of three nitrogen bases, called a codon, codes for a single amino acid.


In the genetic code a group of three nitrogen bases codes for a?

amino acid


In the genetic code a group of three nitrogen bases codes for the attachment of a specific?

Three consecutive nitrogenous bases are called a codon and codons code for amino acids


The sequence of amino acids that makes up a protein molecule is determined by the sequence of?

The primary structure of a protein is the sequence of amino acids in the protein. This is determined by the sequence of bases in the DNA ie by the genetic code. Each group of three bases in DNA codes for one amino acid in the protein ie it is a triplet code.


In relation to protein what is called for when DNA bases are combined in different triplets?

When DNA bases are combined into different 3-base codes, called triplets or codons, different amino acids are called for to create the protein chain.


The Human Genome Project can help genetic engineers produce human proteins because?

to produce a protein, geneticists must know the sequence of DNA bases that codes for the protein.


What group of three nitrogenous bases in DNA or mRNA that code for one amino acid?

There are 4 nitrogenous bases characteristic of mRNA. Adenine, Cytosine, Uracil, and Guanine.