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To: bentway who wrote (624161)8/13/2011 12:21:48 PM
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OK, here you are. Basically, every three nucleic bases form a 'codon'. Each codon specifies a particular amino acid or the message 'stop.' Similar to the way specified dots and dashes code for letters in Morse code. The coded information contains instructions for building proteins. The code is read by nanomachines located within cells (similar to the way a tape reader reads information encoded on tape) and the nanomachine builds specific proteins.

The Genetic Code
Active graphic Remove superimposed code The genetic code by which DNA stores the genetic information consists of "codons" of three nucleotides. The functional segments of DNA which code for the transfer of genetic information are called genes. With four possible bases, the three nucleotides can give 43 = 64 different possibilities, and these combinations are used to specify the 20 different amino acids used by living organisms.
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