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  2. Synonymous substitution - Wikipedia

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    Protein translation involves a set of twenty amino acids.Each of these amino acids is coded for by a sequence of three DNA base pairs called a codon.Because there are 64 possible codons, but only 20-22 encoded amino acids (in nature) and a stop signal (i.e. up to three codons that do not code for any amino acid and are known as stop codons, indicating that translation should stop), some amino ...

  3. List of genetic codes - Wikipedia

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    Three translation tables have a peculiar status: Table 7 is now merged into translation table 4. Table 8 is merged to table 1; all plant chloroplast differences due to RNA edit.

  4. DNA and RNA codon tables - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] The mRNA sequence is determined by the sequence of genomic DNA. [4] In this context, the standard genetic code is referred to as translation table 1. [3] It can also be represented in a DNA codon table. The DNA codons in such tables occur on the sense DNA strand and are arranged in a 5 ′-to-3 ′ direction.

  5. Gene nomenclature - Wikipedia

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    [22] Because copyeditors are not expected or allowed to rewrite the gene and protein nomenclature throughout a manuscript (except by rare express instructions on particular assignments), the middle ground in manuscripts using synonyms or older symbols is that the copyeditor will add a mention of the current official symbol at least as a ...

  6. Nucleic acid - Wikipedia

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    Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a nucleic acid containing the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms. The chemical DNA was discovered in 1869, but its role in genetic inheritance was not demonstrated until 1943. The DNA segments that carry this genetic information are called genes.

  7. Amino acid replacement - Wikipedia

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    Amino acid replacement is a change from one amino acid to a different amino acid in a protein due to point mutation in the corresponding DNA sequence. It is caused by nonsynonymous missense mutation which changes the codon sequence to code other amino acid instead of the original.

  8. Genomic organization - Wikipedia

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    P = Promoter DNA element. The hereditary material i.e. DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) of an organism is composed of a sequence of four nucleotides in a specific pattern, which encodes information as a function of their order. Genomic organization refers to the linear order of DNA elements and their division into chromosomes.

  9. Nucleic acid notation - Wikipedia

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    This universally accepted notation uses the Roman characters G, C, A, and T, to represent the four nucleotides commonly found in deoxyribonucleic acids (DNA). Given the rapidly expanding role for genetic sequencing, synthesis, and analysis in biology, some researchers have developed alternate notations to further support the analysis and ...