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  • 22-12-2017
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A bacterial gene 900 nucleotides long can code at most for a polypeptide of how many amino acids?

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  • 23-12-2017

300 amino acids. Since an amino acid can only be coded by a codon, and a codon is comprised of three nucleotide bases, then 900/3 will give us the number of amino acid in a polypeptide that can be coded by the gene.  





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