MO640 - Exercises - Molecular Biology Concepts, Setubal and Meidanis 1997 - chapter 1

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2. Cite three different types of nucleic acids relevant to the production of proteins.

Answer:

Three nucleic acids relevant to the production of proteins are:

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA): Contains the information needed to produce proteins.
Messenger RNA (mRNA): Takes a copy of the genetic information from DNA to the ribosomes.
Transfer RNA (tRNA): Provides the connection between one codon to its corresponding amino acid.