urses Biology > BI0181F18 General Tutorial 3: Translation and mutation the ribos

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urses Biology > BI0181F18 General Tutorial 3: Translation and mutation the ribosome.. feels' the messenger RNA and chooses which tRNA to go looking for on that basis Choose # is well-positioned to determine whether a tRNA is correctly situated (positioned) relative to Choose... the codon knows which amino acid should be placed in response to which codon is an insightful, thinking machine that bases its decisions on a table of the codons that it Choose... carries around on a piece of paper True False 12

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The ribosome...

1) 'feels' the messenger RNA and chooses which tRNA to go looking for on that basis. FALSE

2) is well-positioned to determine whether a tRNA is correctly situated relative to the codon. TRUE

3) knows which amino acid should be placed in response to which codon. FALSE

4) is an insightful, thinking machine that bases its decisions on a table of the codons that it carries around on a piece of paper. TRUE

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