Given the codon UCA in the first exon of a gene, which change is most likely to result in a nonsense mutation? A transversion of A to U Change of nucleotide in the third position Change of nucleotide in the first position A transition of A to G Change of nucleotide in the second position
Given the codon UCA in the first exon of a gene, which change is most likely to result in a nonsense mutation? A transversion of A to U Change of nucleotide in the third position Change of nucleotide in the first position A transition of A to G Change of nucleotide in the second position
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Transcribed Image Text:Second letter
C
A
UUU Phenyl-
UUC alanine
UCU
UCC
UAU
UAC
UGU
UGC
Tyrosine
Cysteine
Serine
UCA
UCG
UAA Stop codon
UAG Stop codon
UGA Stop codon
UGG Tryptophan
UUA
A
Leucine
UUG
CCU
ССС
CAU
CAC
CUU
CGU
CGC
Histidine
C
CUC
C
CUA
Leucine
Proline
Arginine
CCA
СCG
CGA
CGG
A
CAA
CAG
CUG
Glutamine
AGU
AGC
AUU
AAU
ААС
ACU
Asparagine
Serine
AUC Isoleucine
A AUA
ACC
АСА
Threonine
AAA
AGA
Methionine;
start codon
ACG
Lysine
Arginine
AUG
AAG
AGG
U
GUU
GUC
GUA
GCU
GCC
GCA
GAU Aspartic
GAC acid
GGU
GGC
GGA
GGG
Valine
Alanine
Glycine
GAA Glutamic
GAG acid
GUG
GCG
G
Given the codon UCA in the first exon of a gene, which change is most likely to result in a nonsense mutation?
A transversion of A to U
Change of nucleotide in the third position
Change of nucleotide in the first position
A transition of A to G
Change of nucleotide in the second position
First letter
Third letter
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