polyphenylalanine
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Nirenberg and Matthaei experiment — The Nirenberg and Matthaei experiment was a scientific experiment performed on May 15, 1961, by Marshall W. Nirenberg and his post doctoral fellow, Heinrich J. Matthaei. The experiment cracked the genetic code by using nucleic acid homopolymers… … Wikipedia
J. Heinrich Matthaei — (* 1929) is a German biochemist. He is best known for his unique contribution to solving the genetic code on May 15, 1961. Whilst a post doctoral visitor in the laboratory of Marshall Warren Nirenberg at the NIH in Bethesda, Maryland, he… … Wikipedia
polyuridylic acid — Homopolymer of uridylic acid. Historically, was used as an artificial mRNA in cell free translationsystems, where it coded for polyphenylalanine; thus began the deciphering of the genetic code … Dictionary of molecular biology
