Imagine you have a finished protein with 99 amino acids. How many nucleotides (nitrogenous bases) in the mRNA would there need to be at a minimum to specify the necessary codons to synthesize this finished protein? (Hint: think about how many bases are in each codon, and how many codons you will need). ? 101 297 ? 300 ? 100 0 99
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