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Notes on deciphering the amino acid codes

Title:: Notes on deciphering the amino acid codes
Creator:: Nirenberg, Marshall W.
Date:: [ca. 1964]
Description:: In these handwritten notes from a laboratory notebook, Marshall Nirenberg sketches some of the possible combinations of nucleotides in RNA codes and their corresponding amino acids, revealing the process of elimination and sequencing difficulties associated with early coding efforts.
Location:: Box: 28. Folder: 7
Rights:: Reproduced with permission of Marshall W. Nirenberg.
Genre:: Laboratory notes
Subject:: Codon
Format:: Text
Extent:: 3 pages
Language:: English
Legacy ID:: JJBBJW
NLM ID:: 101584910X144
Profiles Collection:: The Marshall W. Nirenberg Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584910X144
Story Section:: Translating the Code of Life and the Nobel Prize, 1962-1968