APFIVE mRNA Translation and Polypeptide Length
An mRNA transcript is 900 nucleotides long. Since translation uses codons of 3 nucleotides each and one of these codons is a stop codon (which does not code for an amino acid), how many amino acids will the resulting polypeptide contain?
TABLE: mRNA Translation
| Description | Value |
|---|---|
| mRNA length | $$900\,nucleotides$$ |
A
$$297$$
B
$$298$$
C
$$300$$
D
$$299$$
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