Transfer RNA paralogs: Evidence for genetic code-amino acid biosynthesis coevolution and an archaeal root of life

Gene

Volumn 310, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 59-66

  Xue, Hong ^a   Tong, Ka Lok ^a   Marck, Christian ^b   Grosjean, Henri ^c   Wong, J Tze Fei ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

Author keywords

Alloacceptor tRNA; Isoacceptor tRNA; Last universal common ancestor (LUCA); Phylogenetic tree

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PARALOGY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEROPYRUM PERNIX; ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA; METHANOPYRUS KANDLERI;

EID: 0037498150     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(03)00552-3     Document Type: Article

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