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Title: Predict the sequence of amino acids in a peptide if given a sequence of nucleotides in a mRNA?
Post by: rkarthik301 on Sep 14, 2012
Predict the sequence of amino acids in a peptide if given a sequence of nucleotides in a mRNA.
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Title: Predict the sequence of amino acids in a peptide if given a sequence of nucleotides in a mRNA?
Post by: JulieA on Sep 14, 2012
You need a table of the genetic code.

The genetic code consists of 64 triplets of nucleotides. These triplets are called codons.With three exceptions, each codon encodes for one of the 20 amino acids used in the synthesis of proteins.