condylostoma nuclear code condylostoma nuclear code the condylostoma nuclear code (translation table 28) is a genetic code used by the nuclear genome of the heterotrich ciliate condylostoma magnum. the code (28) aas = ffllssssyyqqccwwlllapppphhqqrrrriiimttttnnkkssrrvvvvaaaaddeegggg 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 codons rna codons this code (28) standard code (1) taa uaa ter (*) or gln (q) ter (*) tag uag ter (*) or gln (q) ter (*) tga uga ter (*) or trp (w) ter (*)