They discovered the genetic code in 1968.

It is responsible for the formation of ribosomes; the site of protein synthesis.

If nucleotides are arranged in units of three, the possible nucleotide combination will be 4 x 4 x 4 = 64 codons, which are more than sufficient for 20 amino acids.

It was the first codon to be discovered in the genetic dictionary. It codes for phenylalanine.

It is the sequence of nucleotides or nitrogenous bases in mRNA molecules which enclose the information for protein synthesis.

The process of synthesis of mRNA from DNA is called transcription.

Presence of more then one codon for an amino acid is called degeneracy.

It is a function of mRNA.

The central dogma in molecular biology involves the unidirectional flow of genetic information from DNA to RNA to protein.

Amino acids are activated in the presence of specific enzymes called aminoacyl synthetases to form phosphates of nitrogenous bases.

Initiation of polypeptide chain is always brought about by an amino acid called methionine.

It causes unwinding of DNA, leading to mRNA synthesis.

The movement of AA-tRNA complex from A-site to P-site is called translocation.

All UAA, UAG and UGA are termination codons.

Bases are complementary to each other; A pairs with U, T with A, and G and C with C and G, respectively.