Selenocysteine is incorporated when the mRNA being translated includes a SECIS element, which causes the UGA codon to encode selenocysteine instead of a stop codon.

Many slight variants have been discovered since then, including various alternative mitochondrial codes, and small variants such as translation of the codon UGA as tryptophan in Mycoplasma species, and translation of CUG as a serine rather than a leucine in some members of the genus Candida ( see the article on Candida albicans ).

In general, the start codon is an AUG triplet and the stop codon is UAA, UAG, or UGA.

Termination of the polypeptide happens when the A site of the ribosome faces a stop codon ( UAA, UAG, or UGA ).

; opal mutations or umber mutations: the third and last stop codon in the standard genetic code was discovered soon after, corresponding to the nucleotide triplet " UGA ".

In some ciliates, like Stylonychia and Paramecium, only UGA is decoded as a stop codon, while UAG and UAA are reassigned as sense codons.

Additionally they use an alternate genetic code in which the codon UGA encodes the amino acid tryptophan instead of the usual stop codon.

Termination of the polypeptide happens when the A site of the ribosome faces a stop codon ( UAA, UAG, or UGA ).

* UGA, a stop codon within genetic code

* Binding sites for proteins, that may affect the mRNA's stability or location in the cell, like SECIS elements ( which direct the ribosome to translate the codon UGA as selenocysteines rather than as a stop codon ), or AU-rich elements ( AREs ), stretches consisting of mainly adenine and uracil nucleotides ( which can either stabilize or destabilize the mRNA depending on the protein bound to it ).

( UGA is normally a stop codon.

In bacteria the SECIS element appears soon after the UGA codon it affects.

The frameshift mutation will also alter the first stop codon (" UAA ", " UGA " or " UAG ") encountered in the sequence.

Unlike the rest of the Mollicutes, the triplet code of UGA is used as a stop codon in phytoplasmas, rather than to code for tryptophan.

Situated on a main campus, UGA has a workforce of more than 9, 800, an annual budget of about $ 1 billion, and a physical plant valued at some $ 500 million, making it one of the largest employers in Georgia and a major contributor to the state's economic and cultural vitality.

UGA has an extensive network of student activities that center around academic, religious, social and fraternal organizations.

The UGA Alumni Association has almost 274, 000 members and operates a center in both Athens and Atlanta, Georgia, which can be found in the Atlanta Financial Center.

UGA ’ s North Campus has also been designated an arboretum by the State of Georgia.

The UGA Costa Rica campus currently comprises and over of built space nestled in the country's mountainous Monteverde Cloud Forest, a region that has been celebrated in publications such as Forbes Traveler, Newsweek, and National Geographic.

UGA has faculty study abroad programs on every continent, including Antarctica.

Additionally, UGA has signed agreements with several outside study abroad organizations: the American Institute For Foreign Study ; Australearn ; the Institute for Study Abroad ( IFSA ), Butler University ; International Studies Abroad ( ISA ); the The School for Field Studies ; the University of New Orleans, Innsbruck International Summer School.

Since the 1997 – 1998 season, UGA has seven top ten rankings in the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics ( NACDA ) Directors ' Cup, a numerical ranking based on the success of universities in all varsity sports.

The Bulgan Airport ( UGA / ZMBN ) has one unpaved runway and is served by regular flights to Ulan Bator, Khovd, and Mörön.

6 other SEC Stadiums have copied UGA and now boast hedges, making this feature no longer unique to UGA, even though Georgia has the only one that completely surrounds the playing field.

Dooley has also partnered with Mascot Books to publish 2 children's books about the UGA mascot, How ' Bout Them Dawgs!

The Bulgan Airport ( UGA / ZMBN ) has one unpaved runway and is served by regular flights to Ulan Bator, Khovd, and Mörön.

The three stop codons have been given names: UAG is amber, UGA is opal ( sometimes also called umber ), and UAA is ochre.

Though there have been many additions, changes, and augmentations, UGA ’ s campus maintains its historic character.

As of 2008, twenty-one UGA students have been named Rhodes Scholars including Eugene T. Booth and Hervey M. Cleckley.

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For example, UGA can code for selenocysteine, and UAG can code for pyrrolysine.

In archaea and eukaryotes, it occurs in the 3 ' UTR of an mRNA, and can cause multiple UGA codons within the mRNA to code for selenocysteine.

Besides academics, research, and athletics, UGA is also well known for its campus in the acclaimed college town of Athens, with dominant architectural themes of Federal — the older buildings — and Classical and Antebellum style.

With students limited to white males for the first century of its history, UGA began educating female students during the summer of 1903.

The average SAT for students entering UGA in 2010 was 1263, and national rankings place UGA among the top 20 public universities in America and a top 10 best value.

Organizations include both Democratic and Republican student clubs, Order of Omega, Arch Society, student philanthropies such as UGA Heros, UGA Habitat, UGA Miracle and UGA Relay for Life, and secret societies such as Palladia and Gridiron.

UGA now ranks among the top five American universities for the number of students studying abroad, with more than 100 programs in over 50 countries.

He also handled the play-by-play for UGA basketball and Atlanta Falcons radio broadcasts and hosted sports-related talk shows.

The United Golf Association ( UGA ) was a group of African-American professional golfers who operated a separate series of professional golf tournaments for Blacks during the era of racial segregation.

Allen Hunt is not to be confused with the network studio producer for UGA Football and men's basketball broadcast which also broadcasts on WSB.

Additionally, UGA Costa Rica is responsible for various conservation and sustainability initiatives in the San Luis Valley, namely its UGA-sponsored Carbon Offset Program and its reforestation efforts throughout the Pájaro Campana Biological Corridor.

Cox Enterprises, owner of the Journal and Constitution, donated the channel 8 license to UGA for an educational television station, but it took seven more years to get the station on the air.

Profits from the sale of the land would go to the Eugene and William Odum Ecology Fund, after $ 1 million is set aside for a professorial chair at UGA in Odum's name.

The stadium is named for Dr. Steadman Vincent Sanford, an early major force behind UGA athletics.