{"id":35965,"date":"2023-06-09T13:35:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T13:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/ells\/?post_type=teachingbase&#038;p=35965"},"modified":"2023-07-05T13:17:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T13:17:48","slug":"building-blocks","status":"publish","type":"teachingbase","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/ells\/teachingbase\/building-blocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Building blocks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The DNA coding game<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-tabs\"><ul class=\"vf-tabs__list\" data-vf-js-tabs=\"true\"><li class=\"vf-tabs__item\"><a class=\"vf-tabs__link\" href=\"#vf-tabs__section-63ceccd1-b323-4c60-846c-f6211fbcd66a\" data-vf-js-location-nearest-activation-target=\"\">Resource overview<\/a><\/li><li class=\"vf-tabs__item\"><a class=\"vf-tabs__link\" href=\"#vf-tabs__section-2778984e-89bb-4216-bd5b-7a848e3f81da\" data-vf-js-location-nearest-activation-target=\"\">Download the guide<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"vf-tabs-content\" data-vf-js-tabs-content=\"true\">\n<section class=\"vf-tabs__section\" id=\"vf-tabs__section-63ceccd1-b323-4c60-846c-f6211fbcd66a\"><h2>Resource overview<\/h2>\n<p>In the DNA, information is encoded by specific combinations of 4 different nucleotides, which are the \u201cbuilding blocks\u201d of the DNA. This \u201ccode of life\u201d is made up of different \u201ctriplets\u201d or \u201ccodons\u201d, defined combinations of 3 nucleotides that stand for a piece of information.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this game, the DNA \u201cbuilding blocks\u201d are represented by toy bricks (e.g. LEGO\u00ae bricks) of 4 different colours, which can be used to encode a word or message. Just like in the DNA, 3 colours are always combined to encode a specific letter, a number or a symbol.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"vf-tabs__section\" id=\"vf-tabs__section-2778984e-89bb-4216-bd5b-7a848e3f81da\"><h2>Download the guide<\/h2>\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/ells\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Building-blocks_EMBL-SEPE.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"PDF embed\"><\/object><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/ells\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Building-blocks_EMBL-SEPE.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button vf-button vf-button--primary vf-button--pill vf-button--s wp-element-button\" download style=\"margin:0 0 0 .75em;\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DNA coding game<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":35969,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-35965","teachingbase","type-teachingbase","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","age-group-05-10","age-group-10-12","topic-area-genome-biology"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/ells\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/teachingbase\/35965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/ells\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/teachingbase"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/ells\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/teachingbase"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/ells\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/ells\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}