Termination codons are
A. UAA, UAG, UAU
B. UAA, UAG, UGA
C. UAG, UGA, UUA
D. UAC, UAG, UGA
Answer: Option B
Solution(By Examveda Team)
Termination codons are UAA, UAG, UGA.A set of three adjacent bases in the DNA or their complementary bases in messenger RNA that specifies the end of a polypeptide chain.
The three chain-termination codons (in messenger RNA) are UAA, UAG and UGA. They are also called termination codons, stop codons or nonsense codons.
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