# Metadata Source URL:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_and_RNA_codon_tables --- # DNA and RNA codon tables - Wikipedia ## Highlights > [!quote]+ Updated on 170423_091557 > > A codon table can be used to translate a genetic code into a sequence of amino acids.[1][2] The standard genetic code is traditionally represented as an RNA codon table, because when proteins are made in a cell by ribosomes, it is messenger RNA (mRNA) that directs protein synthesis