The genetic code - Thawing the 'frozen accident'

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 459-463

  Söll, Dieter ^a   RajBhandary, Uttam L ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; DNA POLYMERASE; POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDE NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

DNA; GENETICS;

CODON; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA SYNTHESIS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENETIC CODE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION; THAWING;

GENETIC CODE; GENETICS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 33751004155     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 02505991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02705185     Document Type: Conference Paper

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