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nsxwolf
on March 29, 2021
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Moderna mRNA sequence released to GitHub [pdf]
ELI5, Why are the sequences different if they result in the same spike protein?
rnestler
on March 30, 2021
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Maybe one could compare it to having different recipes for the same cake. Or different source code to solve the same problem.
ssijak
on March 30, 2021
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Different codons can encode the same amino acids, so different sequences can encode the same protein.
shakow
on March 29, 2021
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I didn't check it was the only explanation, but the DNA -> protein encoding is surjective.
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