How many anticodons?

Science. 1977 Oct 21;198(4314):319-20. doi: 10.1126/science.910132.

Abstract

Much new information on codon composition is becoming available from the sequencing of molecules of DNA and RNA. The "wobble rules" for codon-anticodon pairing are applicable to this information. These rules provide for only 54 anticodons to pair with 61 codons, because the base A is not found in the first position of anticodons.

MeSH terms

  • Anticodon*
  • Base Sequence
  • Codon
  • Hydrogen Bonding
  • RNA, Transfer*
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Anticodon
  • Codon
  • RNA, Transfer