Answer to Question #183875 in Genetics for Sam

Question

Discuss how the genetic code allows synthesis to take place with few errors.

Answer 1

Each individual three-nucleotide coding unit, as we have seen, is called a codon. Protein synthesis is accomplished by orderly interactions between mRNA and the other ribonucleic acids (transfer RNA [tRNA] and ribosomal RNA [rRNA]), the ribosome, and more than 100 enzymes.