Given the DNA sequence 5′-AUG GCU AGA GUU GAA  AAA-3′, which of these sequences represents a silent mutation? Group of answer choices a. 5′-AUG GUU AGA GUU GAA  AAA-3′ b. 5′-AUG GCU UGA GUU GAA  AAA-3′ c. 5′-AUG GCU AGA GUU GGA  AAA-3′ d. 5′-AUG GCU CGA GUU GAA  AAA-3′

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Problem 10TYK: A part of an mRNA molecule with the sequence 5-UGC GCA-3 is being translated by a ribosome. The...
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1.A portion of an mRNA attached to a ribosome reads:

5′ GACAUGAACAGC 3′

If a tRNA with a methionine amino acid attached is in the P site of the ribosome, a tRNA with which amino acid attached will enter the A site?

Group of answer choices
a. Glutamic Acid
b. Lysine
c. Threonine
d. Asparagine
 

2. Active transcription does not occur in regions of chromatin loops that are located ________.

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a. A large distance away from the MARS
b. Within the euchromatin
c. Near the MARS
d. A large distance from the telomere
 
3. Given the DNA sequence 5′-AUG GCU AGA GUU GAA  AAA-3′, which of these sequences represents a silent mutation?
Group of answer choices
a. 5′-AUG GUU AGA GUU GAA  AAA-3′
b. 5′-AUG GCU UGA GUU GAA  AAA-3′
c. 5′-AUG GCU AGA GUU GGA  AAA-3′
d. 5′-AUG GCU CGA GUU GAA  AAA-3′
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