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During translation, nucleotide base triplets (codons) in mRNA are read in sequence in the 5' → 3' direction along the mRNA. Amino acids are specified by the string of codons. What amino acid sequence does the following mRNA nucleotide sequence specify?

5′−AUGGCAAGAAAA−3′
Express the sequence of amino acids using the three-letter abbreviations, separated by hyphens
A) Met
B) Ser
C) Thr
D) Lys
E) Gly.

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3- UACCGUUCUUUU-5

Gly, ser , Lys , Met
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