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ABOUT a year ago Dr. S. R. Pelc and Miss M. G. E. Welton claimed1,2 that “it is possible to fit amino-acids stereochemically to their codons”. They described how they built models using Courtauld space-filling components, but it was not possible to tell from their very brief descriptions whether their models were stereochemically acceptable. I therefore corresponded with Dr. Pelc and he was kind enough to show me some of their models.
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CRICK, F. An Error in Model Building. Nature 213, 798 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213798a0
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