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Reading a Codon Chart and Identifying Amino Acids
This type of chart displays all the possible codons — essential components of DNA and RNA molecules — and the amino acids ...
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Reading the Genetic Code
A triplet combination, or codon, would allow for 64 possible combinations ... between codons that served as signals for the next amino acid (Table 1)? These questions were answered by way of ...
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Nucleic Acids to Amino Acids: DNA Specifies Protein
Hidden within the genetic code lies the ... aminoacyl-tRNA that bound to each mRNA codon. Degeneracy of the Amino Acid Code Examination of the full table of codons enables one to immediately ...
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The Genetic Code: Nature's Blueprint for Life
This circular diagram represents the genetic code, showing how the four nucleotide bases of RNA (adenine [A], cytosine [C], guanine [G], and uracil [U]) form codons that specify amino acids. Each ...