A non-canonical genetic code in an early diverging eukaryotic lineage

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2285-2290

  Keeling, Patrick J ^a   Doolittle, W Ford ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Codon capture; Diplomonad; Genetic code; tRNA

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CODON; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; FLAGELLATE; GENETIC CODE; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029879951     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00581.x     Document Type: Article

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