Protein evolution drives the evolution of the genetic code and vice versa

BioSystems

Volumn 54, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 47-64

  Jiménez Montaño, Miguel A ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aminoacyl tRNA synthetases; Codon reassignments; Codon anticodon interaction; Developmental pathway; Primeval code; Protein evolution

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CODON; DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; MODEL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0344146524     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-2647(99)00058-1     Document Type: Article

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