Universal Features of Life Flashcards

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Nature’s most abundant organic substance

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Carbohydrates

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Characteristics of the Genetic Code

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  1. Triplet Code
  2. Start/Stop Signal
  3. Universal Code
  4. Non-ambiguous Codons
  5. Commaless
  6. Polarity
  7. Non-overlapping Code
  8. Degeneracy of Code
  9. Collinearity
  10. Cistron-Polypeptide Parity
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Exceptions to the Genetic Code

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  1. Start/Stop Signal
  2. Universal Code
  3. Non-overlapping Code (фx174 )
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