Khorana and his colleagues synthesized an $RNA$ molecule with a repeating sequence of $U$ and $G$ nucleotides. The $RNA$ sequence "$UGU\ GUG\ UGU\ GUG$" produced a tetrapeptide with alternating chains of cysteine and valine. The codons for cysteine and valine are, respectively:

  • A
    $UGG, GUU$
  • B
    $UUG, GGU$
  • C
    $UGU \text{ and } GUG$
  • D
    $GUG \text{ and } UGU$

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