dna

[Madmonks]

part of a quiz --can anyone identify the following dna?

atg gaa aga agg tac tgc cac cga ata agc aca atg gcc agt taa gcg aac gac gct cat gca cca ccc tat aat gaa tgg tac gag gcc cgc tag

[kempie]

OJ Simpson?

[stevie21]

I know less about genetics than I'd like to think but do you mean "identify the following protein" ?

It's way too short to be a gene (I think) -these can be hundreds or thousands of "letters" long.

[j2buttonsw]

Go here to find amino acids and their DNA codons http://www.cbs.dtu.dk/courses/27613/codon.html . Find out the amino acid sequence then use the single letter code for each amino acid to get the message.

[j2buttonsw]

atg methionine M
gaa glutamic acid E
aga arginine R
agg arginine R
tac tyrosine Y
tgc cysteine C
cac histidine H
cga arginine R
ata isoleucine I
agc serine S
aca threonine T
atg methionine M
gcc alanine A
agt serine S
taa STOP
gcg alanine A
aac asparagine N
gac aspartic acid D
gct alanine A
cat histidine H
gca alanine A
cca proline P
ccc proline P
tat tyrosine Y
aat asparagine N
gaa glutamic acid E
tgg tryptophan W
tac tyrosine Y
gag glutamic acid E
gcc alanine A
cgc arginine R
tag STOP

[Gef]

And the same to you Madmonks.

[Madmonks]

thanks j2buttonsw you have saved my sanity!