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A gene contains 141 codons. How many nucleotides are present in thegene's coding sequence? How many...

A gene contains 141 codons. How many nucleotides are present in thegene's coding sequence? How many amino acids are expected to bepresent in the polypeptide encoded by this gene?
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According to genetic code,

1 codon = 3 nucleotides

1 amino acid = 1 codon

If the gene is having 141 codons, than there will be 141 amino acids only because one codon specifies one amino acid.

There will be 141 × 3 = 423 nucleotide bases because 1 codon/1 amino acid is specified by 3 bases.

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