A gene is a piece of DNA that codes for a protein.  Genes are transcribed into mRNA and are on the antisense strand of DNA. A DNA sense strand contains the following nucleotide base sequence: TAC AGC AAT CAC How many amino acids does the DNA strand above code for?

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A gene is a piece of DNA that codes for a protein.  Genes are transcribed into mRNA and are on the antisense strand of DNA.

A DNA sense strand contains the following nucleotide base sequence:

TAC AGC AAT CAC

How many amino acids does the DNA strand above code for?

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