Question

What was Marshall Nirenberg and Heinrich Matthaei’s contribution to our current understanding of the genetic code?

Answer 1

Marshall Nirenberg and Heinrich Matthaei experimentally deciphered the first out of 64 codons present in our biological system. They were successful in performing the translation in a cell-free system. ... So, it helped in decoding the first codon out of 64 i.e. UUU codes for phenylalanine.

Answer 2

• Marshall Nirenberg and Heinrich Matthaei experimentally deciphered the first out of 64 codons present in our biological system. They were successful in performing the translation in a cell-free system. ... So, it helped in decoding the first codon out of 64 i.e. UUU codes for phenylalanine.