Genetic Code

Posted by  Mr. Gene 
January 9, 2009

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/ (registration needed)

These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Google Bookmarks
  • YahooMyWeb
  • LinkedIn
gene, protein, sort of weird

If you enjoyed this post, please consider to leave a comment or subscribe to the feed and get future articles delivered to your feed reader.

Comments

No comments yet.

Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.