In one of the early experiments designed to elucidate the genetic code, Marshall Nirenberg of the U.S.

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In one of the early experiments designed to elucidate the genetic code, Marshall Nirenberg of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, 1968) prepared a synthetic mRNA in which all the bases were uracil. He added this poly (U) to a cell-free system containing all the necessary materials for protein biosynthesis. A polymer of a single amino acid was obtained. What amino acid was polymerized?
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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0072905014

4th edition

Authors: Francis A. Carey

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