Classification of the possible pairs between the first anticodon and the third codon positions based on a simple model assuming two geometries with which the pairing effectively potentiates the decoding complex

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 242, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 564-580

  Takai, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aminoacyl tRNA selection; Base pair geometry; Codon anticodon interaction; Modified nucleoside; Wobble rule

Indexed keywords

4 ACETYLCYTIDINE; 5 FORMYLCYTIDINE; ADENOSINE; CYTIDINE DERIVATIVE; QUEUOSINE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DERIVATIVE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; CODON; GEOMETRY; KINETICS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTICODON; BASE PAIRING; CODON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, GENETIC; RIBOSOMES;

EID: 33747883008     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2006.04.009     Document Type: Article

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