protein
Genetic Code
E. crassus - a marine protozoan - uses UAG to code for cysteine AND seleno selenocysteine. I don’t think that I will need to implement this ambiguity into the algorithms used for codon optimization but I will stay tuned.
Read more at:
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/108/3
http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/55327/Â (registration needed)
The truth about credits
There’s one thing that is more thrilling for a scientist than his thrilling experiment’s results themselves.
It’s the author’s ranking on the resulting publication. This ranking always gives pain, being the reason for hassle and hatred between former colleagues and close collaboration partners.
Of course, the most important position on a scientific paper is the first one. […]
Play the protein game!
You have spent ages protecting Earth against alien invaders and other evil fellows. Now it’s high time to leave your imaginary “Universe At War” for a while and contribute your game power to curing deadly diseases in reality. Researchers from Washington University around HHMI scientist David Baker recently provided the perfect opportunity for helpers: they […]
