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How an RNA-binding protein detects and responds to non-optimal codon usage in human cells
- March 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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Human genes are written in long strings of three-letter units composed of four different nucleotides. These units—or codons—specify one of many amino acids, the building blocks of proteins. Multiple codons can encode the same amino acid, which seems to point to some redundancy in our genetic code.
Originally published at Phys.org