Question 5

(Multiple Choice)

The amber mutations initially discovered by Sydney Brenner and colleagues was eventually shown to include a(n):


A)unusual amino acid that generated an amber color in the affected bacteria.
B)premature stop codon within the gene's open reading frame.
C)insertion mutation that creates a translational frameshift.
D)previously unknown signal for speeding the translation process.
E)a deletion mutation that creates a translational frameshift.

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