Question

How do you read a DNA code?

Answer 1

DNA code:

1. The "language of life" is actually the DNA code. It includes directions on how to create a living entity.
2. The DNA code is made up of 64 three-letter "words" (or "codons") that make up a basic alphabet with only four "letters."
3. The DNA code carries the instructions required to create the proteins and chemicals vital to our well-being.
4. DNA code is made up of letters A, T, G, and C which represent nucleotide bases adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine, respectively.
5. In 1961, Francis Crick, Sydney Brenner, Leslie Barnett, and Richard-Watt-Tobin first demonstrated the three bases of DNA code for one amino acid
6. These nucleotides are organized in a precise order to form DNA.
7. An amino acid-specific trinucleotide sequence makes up the genetic code.
8. The DNA code is converted into RNA, which is then translated in order to produce proteins.
9. The genetic code found in mRNA and the amino acid it translates to in the polypeptide chain is shown below.