1. Learning Targets “I Can...” -State how many nucleotides make up a codon. -Use a codon chart to find the corresponding amino acid.

2. RNA  Protein (Translation) 1. TACGGCAAACTTACT DNA mRNA Protein

3. RNA  Protein (Translation) 2. TACGCCATT DNA mRNA Protein

4. RNA  Protein (Translation) 3. TACAAAAAGTGGATC DNA mRNA Protein

5. alanine - ala - A (gif, interactive)gifinteractive arginine - arg - R (gif, interactive)gifinteractive asparagine - asn - N (gif, interactive)gifinteractive aspartic acid - asp - D (gif, interactive)gifinteractive cysteine - cys - C (gif, interactive)gifinteractive glutamine - gln - Q (gif, interactive)gifinteractive glutamic acid - glu - E (gif, interactive)gifinteractive glycine - gly - G (gif, interactive)gifinteractive histidine - his - H (gif, interactive)gifinteractive isoleucine - ile - I (gif, interactive)gifinteractive leucine - leu - L (gif, interactive)gifinteractive lysine - lys - K (gif, interactive)gifinteractive methionine - met - M (gif, interactive)gifinteractive phenylalanine - phe - F (gif, interactive)gifinteractive proline - pro - P (gif, interactive)gifinteractive serine - ser - S (gif, interactive)gifinteractive threonine - thr - T (gif, interactive)gifinteractive tryptophan - trp - W (gif, interactive)gifinteractive tyrosine - tyr - Y (gif, interactive)gifinteractive valine - val - V (gif, interactive)gifinteractive

8. References http://www.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/education/Amin oAcid/the_twenty.htmlhttp://www.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/education/Amin oAcid/the_twenty.html http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/ http://www.proprofs.com/quiz- school/story.php?title=transciptionhttp://www.proprofs.com/quiz- school/story.php?title=transciption