Termination of polypeptide chain is brought about by
A
UAA, UAG and UGA
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B
UUG, UGC and UCA
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C
UCG, GCG and ACC
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D
UUG, UAG and UCG
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Solution
The correct option is A UAA, UAG and UGA During the process of translation (synthesis of polypeptide chain), the codons - UAG, UGA and UAA terminate the process of translation. Thus they are known as stop codons or termination codons.