The Current Status of the RNA Code

The Current Status of the RNA Code

Contributor(s):
Nirenberg, Marshall W.
Jones, Oliver W., Jr
Publication:
The Academic Press, 1963
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Nucleotides
Amino Acids
RNA, Viral
RNA
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Monographs
Excerpts
Abstract:
This article discusses the state of the field approximately a year after Nirenberg's groundbreaking poly-U experiments were discussed in Moscow and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. The article addresses the efficiency and specificity with which synthetic polynucleotides have been found to direct amino acids into proteins, the process by which coding amino acids takes place, and the problem of degeneracy and its relationship to the general nature of the code. This article covers the same subject in "Qualitative Survey of RNA Codewords," which is also available on this site.
Copyright:
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Extent:
15 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584910X117 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
JJBBHP
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584910X117
Archival Collection:
The Marshall W. Nirenberg Papers (Profiles in Science)