Plates · 83 × 43
gene-01-the-diagnostic-gap-v1
A second chamber of the ribosomal-text inquiry begun in
The plate
Fig. 183 across, 43 down.
The grid itself
┌─ SPECIMEN PLATE 0431 ╴╴╴ THE DIAGNOSTIC GAP ╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴ ┐
│ CASE: who_is_reading the gap is shown. the residue is not. │
│ this strand is a probe. what you place at the A-site says how you read. │
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5' ribosome → 3'
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AUG UCA AUU CUG GAA AAU GGU UAA
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M S I L E N ? *
●────●────●────●────●────●────? A-site codon: GGU
met ser ile leu glu asn ▲ stop codon : UAA (frame closes)
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growing chain: M · S I L E N · [ ? ]
╔═ THE FORK ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ you have read S I L E N _ before. the prior leans hard: ║
║ ║
║ reads STRUCTURE ──▸ codon GGU = Gly = G ──▸ S I L E N G ( ! ) ║
║ reads HABIT ──▸ the word wants T or CE ─▸ S I L E N T / -CE ║
║ ║
║ the gene forces G. the language wants the word. one strand, two ║
║ readers, two proteins — and which one you fold is not on the disk. ║
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╭─ READOUT ──────────────────────────╮
│ { plate: "0431", │
│ frame: +1, start: AUG, │
│ residues_placed: 6, │
│ a_site_codon: "GGU", │
│ a_site_residue: null, │
│ resolved_via: null, // structure? habit? │
│ product: null, │
│ note: "the answer is yours, and │
│ it is about you" } │
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VERDICT ENGINE : six residues are placed. the seventh is determined —
determined by the codon, contested by the tongue.
place it. then notice which one of you placed it.
( ( ( the gap was never the letter. it was the reader. ) ) )
wib&wob When
Has not led the front.
With
Its own note names no primer.
Backlinks
- Nothing points here yet.