mesodinium nuclear code mesodinium nuclear code the mesodinium nuclear code (translation table 29) is a genetic code used by the nuclear genome of the ciliates mesodinium and myrionecta. the code (29) aas = ffllssssyyyycc*wlllapppphhqqrrrriiimttttnnkkssrrvvvvaaaaddeegggg starts = --------------*--------------------m---------------------------- base1 = ttttttttttttttttccccccccccccccccaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggggggggggggggg base2 = ttttccccaaaaggggttttccccaaaaggggttttccccaaaaggggttttccccaaaagggg base3 = tcagtcagtcagtcagtcagtcagtcagtcagtcagtcagtcagtcagtcagtcagtcagtcag bases: adenine (a), cytosine (c), guanine (g) and thymine (t) or uracil (u). amino acids: alanine (ala, a), arginine (arg, r), asparagine (asn, n), aspartic acid (asp, d), cysteine (cys, c), glutamic acid (glu, e), glutamine (gln, q), glycine (gly, g), histidine (his, h), isoleucine (ile, i), leucine (leu, l), lysine (lys, k), methionine (met, m), phenylalanine (phe, f), proline (pro, p), serine (ser, s), threonine (thr, t), tryptophan (trp, w), tyrosine (tyr, y), and valine (val, v). differences from the standard code dna codonsrna codonsthis code (29)standard code (1) taauaatyr (y)ter (*) taguagtyr (y)ter (*)