Question 5

(Multiple Choice)

In 1964, Nirenberg and Leder used the triplet binding assay to determine specific codon assignments. A complex of which of the following components was trapped in the nitrocellulose filter?


A) uncharged tRNAs and ribosomes
B) sense and antisense strands of DNA
C) free tRNAs
D) charged tRNA, RNA triplet, and ribosome
E) ribosomes and DNA

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