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PLZ HELP Translate this segment of RNA into the corresponding amino acids.

mRNA: AAAAUUCGGCAUGCCGUUAAUGCCCUCGGGGUGA
*Remember to begin with the Start Codon "AUG"

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Answer:

Lysine - Isoleucine - Arginine - Histidine - Alanine - Valine - Asparagine - Alanine - Leucine - Glycine - Val

Step-by-step explanation:

Translation is the second process of gene expression in which a mRNA sequence is used as template to synthesize an amino acid sequence. This process, which occurs in the ribosome, reads the nucleotides of the mRNA sequence in three's called CODON. Each codon represents an amino acid, which is then added to the growing peptide chain.

According to this question, the following mRNA sequence is given: AAA AUU CGG CAU GCC GUU AAU GCC CUC GGG GUG A. Using the genetic code, the following amino acid sequence is produced:

Lysine - Isoleucine - Arginine - Histidine - Alanine - Valine - Asparagine - Alanine - Leucine - Glycine - Val

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