An archaeon reads the same codon in two different ways, overturning a doctrine that has stood for 60 years. Living organisms ...

The genetic code is the recipe for life, and provides the instructions for how to make proteins, generally using just 20 ...

Analysis of genome-wide codon bias shows that only two parameters effectively differentiate the genome-wide codon bias of 100 eubacterial and archaeal organisms. The first parameter correlates with ...

Living things, from bacteria to humans, depend on a workforce of proteins to carry out essential tasks within their cells. Proteins are chains of amino acids that are strung together according to ...

Gene editing can repair mutations that prematurely halt protein synthesis, resulting in incomplete peptides that cause ...

The DNA of nearly all life on Earth contains many redundancies, and scientists have long wondered whether these redundancies served a purpose or if they were just leftovers from evolutionary processes ...

It has long been assumed that there is only one 'canonical' genetic code, so each word means the same thing to every organism. Now, this paradigm has been challenged by the discovery of large numbers ...

Liquid culture flasks of bacteria grown in yellow broth covered with tinfoil on a shaker. Bacterial strains needed to be tested every step of the way to create the highly compressed genome. Credit: ...

Codon Devices, Inc., the Constructive Biology Company™, announced that it has entered into an agreement with Agrivida Inc. for the discovery, development and commercialization of engineered proteins ...