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A mathematical approach to understanding how DNA encodes proteins, and how a molecule composed of different combinations of only four building blocks could possibly encode so many different proteins.
Double stranded DNA isolated from a bacteriophage has a molecular weight of 2.1x10E8 Da.
(1) Using this information, how many amino acids would this DNA encode?
(2) How many different proteins could be encoded by this DNA, if the protein molecular weight is 69 kDa?
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