The codons causing chain termination are

Question

The codons causing chain termination are (A) AGT, TAG, UGA (B) UAG, UGA, UAA (C) TAG, TAA, TGA (D) GAT, A AT, AGT.

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AUG codes for methionine and is initiation or start codon which starts the synthesis of polypeptide. UAA (ochre), UAG (amber) and UGA (opal) do not specify any amino acid so they are called termination codons. CUU, CUC, CUA and CUG codes for leucine whereas GCU, GCC, GCA and GCG codes for alanin

Q. The codons causing chain termination are

AGT, TAG, UGA

UAG, UGA, UAA

TAG, TAA, TGA

GAT, A AT, AGT.

AUG codes for methionine and is initiation or start codon which starts the synthesis of polypeptide. UAA (ochre), UAG (amber) and UGA (opal) do not specify any amino acid so they are called termination codons. CUU, CUC, CUA and CUG codes for leucine whereas GCU, GCC, GCA and GCG codes for alanin