The Origin of the Genetic Code

Crick, F. H. C. (1968). The Origin of the Genetic Code. Journal of Molecular Biology, 38(3), 367-379.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1968

Volume

38

Issue

3

Pages

367-379

ISSN

0022-2836

DOI

10.1016/0022-2836(68)90392-6

DOI registrant

Elsevier

Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-2836(68)90392-6

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Primes

• Encoding And Decoding
  • In genetics, DNA encodes protein structure via the triplet code and the ribosome decodes mRNA into amino-acid sequence, the genetic code being a literal, biologically implemented scheme.

    This sourceTreats the triplet genetic code as a literal shared scheme decoded by the ribosome, with codon degeneracy and near-universality enabling cross-organism decoding.

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