The non-universality of the genetic code: The universal ancestor was a progenote

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 345-349

  Di Giulio, Massimo ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0035820194     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2001.2271     Document Type: Article

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