A DEMONSTRATION OF CODING DEGENERACY FOR LEUCINE IN THE SYNTHESIS OF PROTEIN,

Abstract

Different leucine sRNA's in E. coli are separable by countercurrent distribution. When these sRNA's are used as donors of labeled leucine during the synthesis of rabbit hemoglobin, in vitro, they distribute leucine differently into various peptides of the alpha-chain. One of the sRNA's introduces leucine only into a single position. The results indicate that there are at least two distinct codons for leucine in the amino acid code. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 23, 1964
Accession Number
AD0617985

Entities

People

  • Bernard Weisblum
  • Fabio Gonano
  • Gunter Von Ehrenstein
  • Seymour Benzer

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amino Acids
  • Amino Acids Peptides And Proteins
  • Biomolecules
  • Chemical Compounds
  • Demonstrations
  • Hemoglobin
  • Proteins

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Computer science

Readers

  • Molecular Genetics
  • Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
  • Operations Research