KROK 1 Stomatology 2014 – Question 94 · KROK (Dentistry)

As a result of treatment of viral RNA with nitrous acid, UCA triplet mutated to UGA triplet. What kind of mutation occurred?

  1. A. Nucleotide deletion
  2. B. Transition
  3. C. Missense
  4. D. Inversion
  5. E. Nucleotide insertion
Hint

Recall what kind of chemical change nitrous acid makes to nucleotide bases and what type of point mutation such changes produce.

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