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So they insert a nucleotide to the mRNA.
But in trying to understand what happens, how can a frameshift NOT affect the stop codon yet have the same start codon (thats what they mean by amino sequence right?)
Stop Codons are:
UAG
UAA
UGA
If I insert a nucleotide anywhere after the starst codon, its going to shift as follows:
before addition:
AUG-AAA-AAA-AAA-UAG (or UGA or UAA)
after addition:
AUG-AAA-AAA-AA**U**-AUA-G
No matter what nucleotide is before the stop codon, you can't still have a stop codon at the same place.
UAG
UAA
UGA
U can never be the second nucleotide in the stop codon, so shifting everything down one has to affect the stop codon.
I must be interpreting this wrong?