Genetic code variations in mitochondria: tRNA as a major determinant of genetic code plasticity

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 314-326

  Yokobori, Shin Ichi ^a   Suzuki, Tsutomu ^b   Watanabe, Kimitsuna ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Codon capture; Competition; Mitochondria; tRNA; Wobble rule

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CODON; COMPETITION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; METAZOON; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTICODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC CODE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; RNA; RNA, TRANSFER; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034822301     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002390010221     Document Type: Article

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