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 * Possible start codons in NCBI table 1. AG is most common. The two other start codons listed by table 1 (GG and G) are rare in eukaryotes. Prokaryotes have less strigent start codon requirements; they are described by NCBI table 11.
 * B The historical basis for designating the stop codons as amber, ochre and opal is described in an autobiography by Sydney Brenner and in a historical article by Bob Edgar.