Did you know that not all stop codons are the same? I did not!
Like all degenerate codons, cells and bacteria use three different stop codons: UAA, UGA, and UAG. The latter (UAG, the "Amber" codon) is least used in mammalian cells.
Here's why, and how it's changing molecular biology/1
Did you know that not all stop codons are the same? I did not!
Like all degenerate codons, cells and bacteria use three different stop codons: UAA, UGA, and UAG. The latter (UAG, the "Amber" codon) is least used in mammalian cells.
Here's why, and how it's changing molecular biology/1