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Nirenberg's 1966 codon table revisited online

Original: First complete table of DNA > peptide codon table, Nirenberg et al. 1966 doi:10.1101/SQB.1966.031.01.008 Only UGA was no

Marshall Nirenberg and colleagues completed the genetic codon table in 1966, mapping all DNA triplets to the amino acids they encode in proteins. The only gap at the time was UGA, whose role as a stop codon was identified later. The original paper, published in Cold Spring Harbor Symposia, is being shared again among biology readers.

Why now: A classic genetics milestone paper is circulating again among science enthusiasts.

Marshall NirenbergCold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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• First complete table of DNA > peptide codon table, Nirenberg et al. 1966 doi:10.1101/SQB.1966.031.01.008 Only UGA was not recognized as stop codon yet. #biology #genetics · cassandroid.substack.com@bsky.brid.gy · 2

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