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State a functional difference between the following codons : 

(b) AUG and UAA

(b) Specific and Degenerate

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

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a)

AUG- 

  • Start codon
  • codes for Methionine
  • initiator codon
  • Met

UAA-

  • Stop codon
  • Nonsense Codon
  • Does not code for any aminoacid
  • Terminator Codon 

b) 

Specific - codon which codes for one amino acid
Degenerate - that amino acid which coded by more than one codon

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