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There is no signal to indicate the end of one codon and beginning of<br />

the next codon i.e. codes are arranged without space. Thus, genetic<br />

code is commaless.<br />

The same codon shall not code for two or more different aminoacids.<br />

Thus, the genetic code is non-ambiguous.<br />

The genetic code occurs in all organisms. Thus, the genetic code<br />

shows universality.<br />

The three triplets UAA, UAG and UGA do not code for any<br />

aminoacid. These are called non-sense codon. The other 61 codons<br />

are called sense codons.<br />

Central dogma of molecular biology<br />

Aminoacids are linked by means of peptide bonds to form a protein.<br />

A protein may contain thousands of aminoacids. The central dogma of<br />

molecular biology is illustrated as below.<br />

Fig.3.11 Central dogma of molecular biology<br />

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