Can the genetic code be mathematically described?

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Gonzalez, Diego L ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amino acid degeneracy; Error correction; Genetic code; Parity coding

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CODON; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC CODE; MATHEMATICAL GENETICS;

ALGORITHMS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC CODE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, GENETIC; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 1942535009     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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