A gene contains 120 nucleotides. If all of th nucleotides are transrcibed.....?

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A gene contains 120 nucleotides. If all of th nucleotides are transrcibed.....?

how many nucleotides will be in the RNA?

2007-01-16 01:05:59 · 1 answers · asked by jessica_stay 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology

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Depends on how you define your gene, but I'm guessing you mean 120 nucleotides from the start codon to the stop codon. All of the nucleotides are transcribed except the three nucleotides of the stop codon:

120-3 = 117

2007-01-16 01:19:28 · answer #1 · answered by floundering penguins 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋