However, Tsugita and Fraenkel-Conrat's findings alone did not resolve whether the genetic code was read in sets ... machinery to shift positions (or reading frames) on the RNA.

Reading the genetic code Redundancy in the genetic code means that most amino acids are specified by more than one mRNA codon. For example, the amino acid phenylalanine (Phe) is specified by the ...

Scientists have long believed they understood how life’s genetic code evolved, but new research upends that assumption. By ...

In the past, to expand protein diversity beyond the scope of these 20 subunits, scientists tweaked the genetic code and designed artificial proteins that carry unconventional amino acids. 1 However, ...

"Cracking Your Genetic Code" reveals that we stand on the verge of such a revolution. Meet a cancer patient who appears to have cheated death and a cystic fibrosis sufferer breathing easily ...

"Not all genetic diseases are solely caused by errors in the genetic code itself," says Sherry Gao, Presidential Penn Compact Associate Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE ...