The β-sheets of proteins, the biosynthetic relationships between amino acids, and the origin of the genetic code

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 589-609

  Di Giulio, Massimo ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC CODE; GENETICS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SOLUBILITY;

AMINO ACIDS; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEOTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RNA, MESSENGER; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0030334119     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01808222     Document Type: Article

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