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The Triplet Binding Assay or Technique

The basic elements of the triplet binding assay are:

E. coli ribosomes + 20 different Aminoacylated tRNAs

Amino Acid Assignments to Specific Trinucleotides derived from the Triplet Binding Assay

Trinucleotide

Amino Acid

UGU, UGC

Cysteine

GAA GAG

Glutamic Acid

AUU AUC AUA

Isoleucine

UUA UUG CUU

Leucine

CUC CUA CUG

Leucine

AAA AAG

Lysine

AUG

Methionine

UUU UUC

Phenylalanine

CCU CCC

Proline

UCU UCC

Serine

UCA UCG

Serine

What is the magic reading device?
Is it a Seer Stone - the Urim and Thummin.

The final result is a simple beautiful table

Evolution of Table

 
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This web site is provided for instruction in Botany and Zoology 342 or Genetics 342

Text: Genetics: A conceptural ApproachBenjamin A Pierce

This is our friend Oliver the parrotlet, a true parrot, the smallest in the world.


 

 by Kenneth G. Wilson,
Professor of Botany
Miami University
wilsonkg@muohio.edu