Preferred Label : genetic code;
IUPAC acronym : mRNA;
IUPAC definition : The set of rules which governs the relationship between the linear order of the nucleotides
in an mRNA molecule and the sequence of the amino acids in the protein which it encodes.
The genetic code is a triplet code, nearly universal. It is not overlapping: a mutation
which alters only a single nucleotide in a gene can change only one amino acid in
the encoded protein. It is degenerate: it assigns each of the 20 amino acids to one
or more of 61 of the 64 possible nucleotide triplets (cf. codon) that can be constructed
from four nucleotides. The remaining three triplets are used to signal the termination
of a genetic message.;
Origin ID : G02615;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
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The set of rules which governs the relationship between the linear order of the nucleotides
in an mRNA molecule and the sequence of the amino acids in the protein which it encodes.
The genetic code is a triplet code, nearly universal. It is not overlapping: a mutation
which alters only a single nucleotide in a gene can change only one amino acid in
the encoded protein. It is degenerate: it assigns each of the 20 amino acids to one
or more of 61 of the 64 possible nucleotide triplets (cf. codon) that can be constructed
from four nucleotides. The remaining three triplets are used to signal the termination
of a genetic message.
