README for protein-translation

protein-translation.md

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+Lets write a program that will translate RNA sequences into proteins. [general ref](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translation_(biology)
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+RNA can be broken into three nucleotide sequences called codons, and then translated to a polypeptide like so:
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+RNA: `"AUGUUUUCU"` => translates to
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+Codons: `"AUG", "UUU", "UCU"` 
+=> which become a polypeptide with the following sequence =>
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+Protein: `"Methionine", "Phenylalanine", "Serine"`
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+There are 64 codons which in turn correspond to 20 amino acids; however, all of the codon sequences and resulting amino acids are not important in this exercise.  If it works for one codon, the program should work for all of them. 
+However, feel free to expand the list in the test suite to include them all.  
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+There are also four terminating codons (also known as 'STOP' codons); if any of these codons are encountered(by the ribosome), all tranlsation ends and the protein is terminated.
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+All subsequent codons after are ignored, like this:
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+RNA: `"AUGUUUUCUUAAAUG"` => 
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+Codons: `"AUG", "UUU", "UCU", "UAG", "AUG"` => 
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+Protein: `"Methionine", "Phenylalanine", "Serine"`
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+Note the stop codon terminates the translation and the final methionine is not translated into the protein sequence.  
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+Below are the codons and resulting Amino Acids needed for the exercise.  
+**|Codon|               **|Protein
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+AUG                   |Methionine
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+UUU, UUC              |Phenylalanine
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+UUA, UUG              |Leucine
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+UCU, UCC, UCA, UCG    |Serine
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+UAU, UAC              |Tyrosine
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+UGU, UGC              |Cystine
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+UGG                   |Tryptophan
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+UAA, UAG, UGA         |STOP