Lower Limit to the Size of the Primeval Amino Acid Alphabet

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 151-152

  Fernández, Ariel ^a,b  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino Acid Alphabet; Genetic Code; Translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342267434     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2004-1-229     Document Type: Article

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