Question

A gene has 150 codons. work out the length of its transcript in base pairs

Answer 1

1 codon is 3 base pairs...

Answer 2

codon is the combination of 3 nucleotides... eg ATG ATC ATA ATT etc

Answer 3

@shrutipande9 u mean that the codon is 450 bp long?

Answer 4

450 base pairs is correct....but the codon is not 450 bp....1 codon is always 3 bp...the transcript given to u is 40 bp..:D

Answer 5

Shruti, why 40 T_T ???

Answer 6

woops typo..sorry..:P
its 450..

Answer 7

U dont know how much i got scared shruti. I got that for a test and seeing 40 scared me. Ahhhhh how relieved i am! thanks dearie.