Evolution of amino acid frequencies in proteins over deep time: Inferred order of introduction of amino acids into the genetic code

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1645-1655

  Brooks, Dawn J ^a   Fresco, Jacques R ^a   Lesk, Arthur M ^b,c   Singh, Mona ^b,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid composition; Genetic code; Last Universal Ancestor; Protein evolution; Substitution probability matrices

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; SERINE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; MODEL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

EID: 0036792118     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003988     Document Type: Article

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