The genetic code is the relation between the sequence of bases in DNA (or its RNA transcripts) and the sequence of amino acidsin proteins. ... Genetic experiments showed that anamino acid is in fact encoded by a group of three bases, or codon. 2. The code is nonoverlapping
During transcription, DNA is transcribed into messenger RNA when the the base codes in DNA are copied. mRNA serves as the code for assembling amino acids in a certain order. Codons are nitrogen bases that are aligned to create amino acids, and it is these amino acids that form proteins through peptide bonds
