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Cell-Free Protein Synthesis and the Genetic Code

Title:: Cell-Free Protein Synthesis and the Genetic Code
Creator:: Nirenberg, Marshall W.
Matthaei, Heinrich
Date:: [ca. 1962]
Description:: In addition to determining the base composition for fifteen amino acids, this paper by Nirenberg and Matthaei reaches the following tentative conclusions: that the genetic code is degenerate, at least partly universal, and still partly unknown. The number and sequence of nucleotides, amount of degeneracy and polarity, and chemical nature of nucleotides are also discussed.
Rights:: Reproduced with permission of Marshall W. Nirenberg.
Genre:: Reports
Subject:: Amino Acids, RNA, Messenger, Peptides, and Genetic Code
Format:: Text
Extent:: 12 pages
Language:: English
Legacy ID:: JJBBHB
NLM ID:: 101584910X106
Profiles Collection:: The Marshall W. Nirenberg Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584910X106
Story Section:: Synthetic RNA and the Poly-U Experiments, 1959-1962