On Malleability in the Genetic Code

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 597-601

  Schultz, Dennis W ^a   Yarus, Michael ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CODON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC CODE; GENETICS; LETTER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC CODE; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 0030138792     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02352290     Document Type: Article

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