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What would be the amino acid chain made from this strand of mRNA ?

What would be the amino acid chain made from this strand of mRNA ?-example-1
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Well, you've got your start codon AUG which is included and codes for Met.
Then, all you have to do is go by 3's until you hit any one of the stop codons.
AUG=Met, GCC=Ala, UGG=Trp, ACU=Thr, UCA=Scr.
I don't see a stop codon here, but if there was one remember that they don't code for anything.

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