The Decoding of mRNA by tRNAs
Genetic information from DNA is carried by mRNA in the form of a non-
Each amino acid is encoded by one or more three-
The AUG codon for methionine is the most common start codon, specifying the amino acid at the amino-
A reading frame, the uninterrupted sequence of codons in mRNA from a specific start codon to a stop codon, is translated into the linear sequence of amino acids in a polypeptide chain.
Decoding of the nucleotide sequence in mRNA into the amino acid sequence of proteins depends on tRNAs and aminoacyl-
All tRNAs have a similar three-
Because of nonstandard interactions, a tRNA may base-
Each of the 20 aminoacyl-