Codons And Anticodons Flashcards
Codon is a sequence of _ found in mRNA strand…
Three bases
Codon sequence of three bases on mRNA strand that pair up with _ on tRNA strand
Three bases (anticodon)
A codon is sequence of three bases on mRNA and three bases on tRNA to code for a specific _
Amino acid
Most of 64 codons in human dna code for _
20 types of amino acids
Each amino acid represented by _
Single letter abbreviation
The 20 amino acids include
Start codon
Stop codons don’t code for amino acids, instead they signal _
Halt to protein-making
Adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), thymine (T) are the _
Bases found in codons
Adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), thymine (T) combine in different ways to produce
Specific amino acids
ATG
Methionine
TTT
Phenylalanine (F)
TTG
Tryptophan (W)
CCA
Proline
CCC
Proline
TAG
Stop codon