The Details: Timeline:
1966: Genetic code deciphered.

To the Timeline

Previous Event
Next Event

 In 1966, Marshall Niremberg, Heinrich Mathaei, and Severo Ochoa crack the genetic code. Previously, in 1961, Francis Crick and Sidney Brenner discovered that groups of three nucleotide bases, which make up a codon, specify amino acids. Niremberg, Mathaei, and Ochoa determined what codon sequences specified each of the twenty amino acids. The cracking of the genetic code opened the door for the explosion of genetic engineering studies and achievements beginning in the late 1970's.

Table: The Genetic Code (The Coding for Each Amino Acid)
Technique: Discovering the Genetic Code
 Structure of DNA Determined

Web Links:
 The Genetic Code
Dogma, DNA, & Enzymes

[ Home ] [ The Details ] [ Reactions ] [ Interactions ] [ About Site ] [ Bibliography ]

Copyright 1998 by team 24355 and Kayotic Development.