Second codon positions of genes and the secondary structures of proteins. Relationships and implications for the origin of the genetic code

Gene

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-69

  Chiusano, Maria Luisa ^a,b   Alvarez Valin, Fernando ^c   Di Giulio, Massimo ^d   D'Onofrio, Giuseppe ^a   Ammirato, Gaetano ^b   Colonna, Giovanni ^b   Bernardi, Giorgio ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

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

Author keywords

Genetic code; Nucleotide frequencies; Protein secondary structures; Second codon positions

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; M PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES; GENETIC CODE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0034736516     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00521-7     Document Type: Article

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