Evidence that two present-day components needed for the genetic code appeared after nucleated cells separated from eubacteria

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 166-170

  De Pouplana, Lluís Ribas ^a   Frugier, Magalí ^a   Quinn, Cheryl L ^b   Schimmel, Paul ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

aminoacyl tRNA synthetase; molecular evolution

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; TYROSINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE;

ARTICLE; EUBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC CODE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, TRANSFER, TRP; RNA, TRANSFER, TYR; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRYPTOPHAN-TRNA LIGASE; TYROSINE-TRNA LIGASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030053586     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.1.166     Document Type: Article

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