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It has already been shown that, In Escherichia coli, the nucleic acid triplet UGA does not code for an amino-acid (Nature, 213, 449; 1967). The isolation of a strong specific suppressor for this triplet has permitted experiments which suggest that in E. coli UGA terminates the polypeptide chain.
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SAMBROOK, J., FAN, D. & BRENNER, S. A Strong Suppressor Specific for UGA. Nature 214, 452–453 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/214452a0
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