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Identify the start and stop codons in the mrna sequence 5'-uauccauggcacuuuaaac-3'. what is the resulting amino acid sequence

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mRNA is read 5->3
Start codons can vary depending on the cell/organism type although more generally for mRNA it is always: AUG which is always Methionine

Stop codons for mRNA are:
UAG ("amber") , UAA ("ochre"), UGA ("opal")


5'-uaucc.aug.gca.cuu.uaa.ac-3'

M-A-L
Methionine-Alanine-Leucine
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