On the structural regularity in nucleobases and amino acids and relationship to the origin and evolution of the genetic code

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 275-295

  Yang, Chi Ming ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

C stereochemistry; Amino acid classification; Charge distribution; Coevolution; Determinative measure; Frozen core; Nitrogen atom hybrid sp 2; Nucleobase redox potentials; Rearranged genetic code; Stereo electronic factor

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID;

CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CODON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; REVIEW;

AMINO ACIDS; CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR;

EID: 26844527683     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-005-1078-4     Document Type: Review

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