April 26, 2024
No stopping with a short-stem transfer RNA

No stopping with a short-stem transfer RNA

Nature, Published online: 11 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-04585-5

Messenger RNA has 64 possible triplet sequences, or codons, three of which usually terminate protein synthesis. But some organisms can use all codons to specify amino acids, thanks in part to a surprising feature of a transfer RNA.

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