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Map that Campus XLVIII

By apalazzo on October 16, 2009.

Last week was way too easy. Let's see how fast this one will go.

Here is this week's mystery campus:

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The clue is:

Many "U"s into many "F"s!

If this means anything to you leave your answer in the comments section. After 24hrs I'll confirm any correct answers.

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By Katharine (not verified) on 16 Oct 2009 #permalink

This week the clue would apear to be more dificult to crack than the satellite photo. The hint is a reference to a famous experiment that led to a Nobel.

Let me rephrase the clue.

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=>

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

Okay Nirenberg & Matthaei 'discovering' codons polyuracil synthetic mRNA into an all phenylalanine polypeptide. Ashamed to say I didn't know this was done at the NIH. Crick and Brenner defined the triplet code later. Topical, given the ribosome Nobel last week.

National Institutes of Health