Label:
Nirenberg and the genetic code
Description:
After the easy codons, exact triplets had to be made in order to finish deciphering the rest. Marshall Nirenberg and a group of scientists including Maxine Singer, Marianne Grunberg-Manago, Phil Leder were involved in this process. Har Gobind Khorana also worked on this problem.
Biological elements:
tRNA
Concepts precesses:
translation, genetic code
Tools & methods :
cell-free system