Question
Explain the dual function of AUG codon. Give the sequence of bases it is transcribed from and its anticodon.
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Answer
Codes for Methionine, and is an initiation codon.
The sequence of bases from which it is transcribed is T AC.
Its anticodon is UAC.
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