Talk:Expanded genetic code
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I have copied part of this into genetic code so this atm is repeated. but I will expand on it soon. so plz do not delete. --Squidonius (talk) 21:14, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
- expanded (forgot to log in though)--Squidonius (talk) 12:50, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
Removed for lack of clarity
Removed "from the existing 20 to a theoretically possible 172," because it is not clear what the 20 refers to (though it probably means the 20 amino acids expressed by the standard code) or where the theoretically possible 172 comes from. If the same redundancy as the current codes were used an expansion of about a factor of four might be expected, for example. It is probable that the 172 is based on expanding the existing 64 codes to 216 giving an additional 152 codes, which if they were mapped uniquely to new AAs would yield a total of 172 AAs. It is not clear, however, with the massive re-engineering of the transcription machinery required, why the redundancy in the existing code need be preserved, nor indeed the coding length of 3. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 01:31, 28 August 2014 (UTC).