On the classes of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, amino acids and the genetic code

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 407-420

  Cavalcanti, Andre R O ^a   Soares Leite, Elisa ^b   Neto, Bencio B ^b   Ferreira, Ricardo ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AAIndex; aaRS; amino acids; discrimination; genetic code; principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE;

AMINO ACID; GENETIC STRUCTURE; ORIGIN OF LIFE; RNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DATA BASE; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

AMINO ACIDS; AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; DATABASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC CODE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 3042803190     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ORIG.0000029881.14519.42     Document Type: Article

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