-The answer set for this question shows a series of short amino acid sequences obtained from a protein.If you were faced with choosing one of these to design a probe for a particular gene,which would provide the simplest probe or probe set? (To answer this question,consult the codon table shown in the figure above. )
A)leucine-leucine-serine-leucine
B)leucine-serine-proline-proline
C)proline-methionine-proline-leucine
D)tryptophan-methionine-tryptophan-tryptophan

Question

-The answer set for this question shows a series of short amino acid sequences obtained from a protein.If you were faced with choosing one of these to design a probe for a particular gene,which would provide the simplest probe or probe set? (To answer this question,consult the codon table shown in the figure above. )
A)leucine-leucine-serine-leucine 
B)leucine-serine-proline-proline 
C)proline-methionine-proline-leucine 
D)tryptophan-methionine-tryptophan-tryptophan

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Tryptophan and methionine each have only one codon, making the sequence tryptophan-methionine-tryptophan-tryptophan the simplest to design a probe for, as it has the least codon variability.

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