The twenty amino acids :

NameAbbreviationSymbol*
aspartic acidAspD
glutamic acidGluE
alaninAlaA
argininArgR
asparaginAsnN
cysteinCysC
glutaminGlnQ
glycinGlyG
histidinHisH
isoleucinIleI
leucinLeuL
lysinLysK
méthioninMetM
phénylalaninPheF
prolinProP
serinSerS
threoninThrT
tryptophanTrpW
tyrosinTyrY
valinValV

* used in the data-processing software because it is simpler to use a letter than an abbreviation. These abbreviations and symbols are international.

The genetic code :
The genetic code
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