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When repeating copolymers are used to form synthetic mRNAs, dinucleotides produce a sing...

When repeating copolymers are used to form synthetic mRNAs, dinucleotides produce a single type of poly-peptide that contains only two different amino acids. On the other hand, using a trinucleotide sequence produces three different polypeptides, each consisting of only a single amino acid. Why? What will be produced when a repeating tetra nucleotide is used?

HINT: This problem asks you to consider different outcomes of repeating copolymer experiments. The key to its solution is to be aware that when using a repeating copolymer of RNA, translation can be initiated at different ribonucleotides. You must simply determine the number of triplet codons produced by initiation at each of the different ribonucleotides.

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