The origin of protein synthesis: On some molecular fossils identified through comparison of protein sequences

BioSystems

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-169

  Di Giulio, Massimo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aminoacyl tRNA synthetases; Antique evolutionary relationships; Origin of life; Peptide antibiotics; RNA world; Thioester world

Indexed keywords

COENZYME A; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HYPOTHESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0029763399     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-2647(96)01614-0     Document Type: Article

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