State the roles of AUG codon at 5' end and UAG at 3' end of a certain m-RNA during translation.

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State the roles of AUG codon at 5' end and UAG at 3' end of a certain m-RNA during translation.

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answered Jan 31, 2018 by sameer (82,980 points) 5 11 37
selected Feb 4, 2018 by Vikash Kumar
 
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AUG codon at 5’ end = start codon (for translation) / codes for methionine 
UAG codon at 3’ end = stop codon (for translation) / terminate polypeptide chain
                                         

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