Substitution of Glu for Val in Sickle-Cell Anemia

Sickle-Cell Anemia is cause by a substitution of Val to Glu at the sixth amino acid position in the beta-chain hemoglobin protein.

Homework: What is the mutation in the sense strand of the DNA that causes this substitution?

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Figure © 2004 by Griffiths et al.; text © 2009 by Steven M. Carr 

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