The DNA triplet code also functions as a binary code. Because double-ring compounds cannot bind to double-ring compounds in the DNA code, the sequence of bases classified simply as purines or pyrimidines can encode for smaller groups of possible amino acids. This is an intuitive approach to teaching the DNA code.
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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 3/1/2005Stock # jcst05_034_05_34Volume 034Issue 05