Improving the efficiency of the genetic code by varying the codon length - The perfect genetic code

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 355-360

  Doig, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ALGORITHM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CODON USAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC CODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE;

EID: 0031558566     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1997.0489     Document Type: Article

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