The historical factor: The biosynthetic relationships between amino acids and their physicochemical properties in the origin of the genetic code

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 615-621

  Di Giulio, Massimo ^a   Medugno, Mario ^b  

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

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distance indices; Genetic code theories; Measurement of history; Minimization percentage; Molecular volume; Parallel algorithms; Polarity

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACIDS; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC CODE; MODELS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0031810657     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006341     Document Type: Article

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