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| Quote (Zachriel @ Aug. 23 2009,11:06) | After mangling the explanation, Jerry responds to Dave Wisker's cites to studies from 1996 and 2000.
| Quote | jerry: Seems like that would have been obvious years ago and we would be here much sooner.
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Yes, years ago (in Earth-years).
Knight and Landweber, Rhyme or reason: RNA-arginine interactions and the genetic code, Chemistry & Biology 1998. |
jerry:
| Quote | “Instead, the amino acid is attached via an ester bond to the 3? end of the stem. The anticodon sequence is further down the stem and is not involved.”
Then why should the amino acid bind at some other place on the tRNA just because the anti codon will bind to it. There should be a connection or am I missing something.
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I'm beginning to regret trying to explain this to him.
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