Multiple Choice
Assuming that the average amino acid residue contributes 110 to the peptide molecular weight, what will be the minimum length of the mRNA encoding a protein of molecular weight 50,000?
A) 133 nucleotides
B) 460 nucleotides
C) 1,400 nucleotides
D) 5,000 nucleotides
E) A minimum length cannot be determined from the data given.
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