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This table shows the 64 codons and the amino acid each codon codes for. |
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C |
A |
G |
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1st |
U |
UUU
Phenylalanine UUC Phenylalanine UUA Leucine UUG Leucine |
UCU Serine UCC Serine UCA Serine UCG Serine |
UAU Tyrosine UAC Tyrosine UAA Ochre (Stop) UAG Amber (Stop) |
UGU Cysteine UGC Cysteine UGA Opal (Stop) UGG Tryptophan |
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C |
CUU Leucine CUC Leucine CUA Leucine CUG Leucine |
CCU Proline CCC Proline CCA Proline CCG Proline |
CAU Hristidine CAC Histidine CAA Glutamine CAG Glutamine |
CGU Arginine CGC Arginine CGA Arginine CGG Arginine |
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A |
AUU Isoleucine
AUC Isoleucine AUA Isoleucine AUG Methionine |
ACU Threonine ACC Threonine ACA Threonine ACG Threonine |
AAU Asparagine AAC Asparagine AAA Lysine AAG Lysine |
AGU Serine AGC Serine AGA Arginine AGG Arginine |
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G |
GUU Valine GUC Valine GUA Valine GUG Valine |
GCU Alanine GCC Alanine GCA Alanine GCG Alanine |
GAU Aspartic
acid GAC Aspartic acid GAA Glutamic acid GAG Glutamic acid |
GGU Glycine GGC Glycine GGA Glycine GGG Glycine |
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