“Do codons overlap? In other words, as we read along the genetic message do we find a base which is a member of two or more codons? It now seems fairly certain that codons do not overlap.Quote by Francis CrickTopics: Quotes about Francis CrickShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
This seems highly likely, especially as it has been shown that in several systems mutations...#Francis Crick
If, for example, all the codons are triplets, then in addition to the correct reading...#Francis Crick
Moreover the incorporation requires the same components needed for protein synthesis, and is inhibited by...#Francis Crick
Unfortunately it makes the unambiguous determination of triplets by these methods much more difficult than...#Francis Crick
A comparison between the triplets tentatively deduced by these methods with the changes in amino...#Francis Crick
The meaning of this observation is unclear, but it raises the unfortunate possibility of ambiguous...#Francis Crick