Nirenberg synthesized artificial mRNA by linking identical RNA nucleotides containing uracil as their base. No matter where it started or stopped, it only contained "UUU" which coded for a chain of phenylalanine.
Nirenberg synthesized artificial mRNA by linking identical RNA nucleotides containing uracil as their base. No matter where it started or stopped, it only contained "UUU" which coded for a chain of phenylalanine.
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Marshall Nirenberg and Heinrich Matthaei discovered and
understood the genetic code through a series of experiments. These
include the famous Poly-U-Experiment, which Heinrich Matthaei
undertook alone on May 27th, 1961.