Protein Synthesis: Translation and Posttranslational Modifications
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چکیده
Messenger RNA Is the Carrier of Information Present in DNA 00 Ribosomes Are Workbenches for Protein Biosynthesis 00 Transfer RNA Acts as a Bilingual Translator Molecule 00 The Genetic Code Uses a Four-Letter Alphabet of Nucleotides 00 Codons in mRNA Are Three-Letter Words 00 Punctuation 00 Codon–Anticodon Interactions Permit Reading of mRNA 00 ‘‘Breaking’’ the Genetic Code 00 Mutations 00 Aminoacylation of Transfer RNA Activates Amino Acids for Protein Synthesis 00 Specificity and Fidelity of Aminoacylation Reactions 00
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