For a long time, plant lectin research concentrated on (i) the isolation and characterization of new carbohydrate binding proteins with interesting sugar binding and biological activities and (ii) the elucidation of the physiological role of different types of lectins from different species/taxa.
genetic code, the information carried by DNA that determines the specific amino acids and their sequence in each protein synthesized by an organism. The code consists of the sequence of nucleotides in the DNA molecule of each chromosome in the nucleus of every cell.
mRNA Coding/Decoding Worksheet Teacher Key The reason we have DNA is to encode the sequence of amino acids that make up proteins. Proteins perform many of the important functions in our bodies. This worksheet is focused on the coding of mRNA as it is transcribed from one of the two strands that make up double-stranded DNA, and then the decoding of the mRNA into a specific sequence of amino acids in a protein.