An mRNA encodes a polypeptide that is 312 amino acids long. The 53rd codon in this polypeptide
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An mRNA encodes a polypeptide that is 312 amino acids long.
The 53rd codon in this polypeptide is a tryptophan codon. A mutation in the gene that encodes this polypeptide changes this tryptophan codon into a stop codon. How many amino acids would be in the resulting polypeptide: 52, 53, 259, or 260?
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