The code within the codons
β Scribed by F.J.R. Taylor; D. Coates
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 768 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0303-2647
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The function of DNA is to specify protein sequences. The four-base "alphabet" used in nucleic acids is translated to the 20 base alphabet of proteins (plus a stop signal) via the genetic code. The code is neither overlapping nor punctuated, but has mRNA sequences read in successive triplet codons un
The ratios of the codon usage in the quartets and sextets for the vertebrate series exhibit a correlated behaviour which fits w x naturally in the framework of the crystal basis model of the genetic code 1 . Moreover the observed universal behaviour of these suitably normalized ratios can be easily