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Codon Sequences
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Timeline: 1966
 Structure of DNA
 The Genetic Code

 In 1967 , Marshall Niremberg, Heinrich Mathaei, and Severo Ochoa deciphered the genetic code. Here is a table of the complete genetic code, showing how messenger RNA triplets code for amino acids. Note how there are several different ways that each amino acid can be coded.
Codon Amino Acid Codon Amino Acid
       
UUU
UUC
UUA
UUG		 Phenylalanine
Phenylalanine
Leucine
Leucine		 UAU
UAC		 Tyrosine
Tyrosine
UAA
UAG		 None (stop signal)
None (stop signal)
CUU
CUC
CUA
CUG		 Leucine
Leucine
Leucine
Leucine		 CAU
CAC		 Histidine
Histidine
CAA
CAG		 Glutamine
Glutamine
AUU
AUC
AUA
AUG		 Isoleucine
Isoleucine
Isoleucine
Methioninie (start codon)		 AAU
AAC		 Asparagine
Asparagine
AAA
AAG		 Lysine
Lysine
GUU
GUC
GUA
GUG		 Valine
Valine
Valine
Valine		 GAU
GAC
GAA
GAG		 Aspartic Acid
Aspartic Acid
Aspartic Acid
Aspartic Acid
UCU
UCC
UCA
UCG		 Serine
Serine
Serine
Serine		 UGU
UGC		 Cysteine
Cysteine
UGA None (stop signal)
UGG Tryptophan
CCU
CCC
CCA
CCG		 Proline
Proline
Proline
Proline		 CGU
CGC
CGA
CGG		 Arginine
Arginine
Arginine
Arginine
ACU
ACC
ACA
ACG		 Threonine
Threonine
Threonine
Threonine		 AGU
AGC		 Serine
Serine
AGA
AGG		 Arginine
Arginine
GCU
GCC
GCA
GCG		 Alanine
Alanine
Alanine
Alanine		 GGU
GGC
GGA
GGG		 Gylcine
Gylcine
Gylcine
Gylcine
       
Codon Box Color Key
  = Nonpolar    
  = Nonionizable Polar    
  = Ionizable: Basic    
  = Ionizable: Acidic    

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