Driving change: The evolution of alternative genetic codes

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 95-102

  Santos, Manuel A S ^a   Moura, Gabriela ^a   Massey, Steven E ^b,c   Tuite, Mick F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOSIDE; TRANSFER RNA;

CELL NUCLEUS; CODON; CODON USAGE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; EUKARYOTE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REVIEW;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 1642513699     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2003.12.009     Document Type: Review

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