Genetic Codes

Genetic code

Output

How to look up a genetic code

Choose a genetic code from the list.
The codon table shows each codon with its amino acid. Codons that differ from the standard code are marked with *.
The differences are listed below the table.

Frequently asked questions

Where do these codes come from?

They are the translation tables used by NCBI, numbered the same way, so table 2 is vertebrate mitochondrial and table 11 is bacterial, archaeal and plant plastid.

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