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. 1963 Nov 22;142(3595):1083-5.
doi: 10.1126/science.142.3595.1083.

RATIONALE FOR A UNIVERSAL GENETIC CODE

R T HINEGARDNER, J ENGELBERG

RATIONALE FOR A UNIVERSAL GENETIC CODE

R T HINEGARDNER et al. Science. .

Abstract

A mutation in the genetic code would place new amino acids in certain loci and entirely eliminate amino acids from other loci of practically all proteins in an organism. It is reasonable to postulate that mutations of this kind cannot supplant the original code. The genetic code, once established, would therefore remain invariant.

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