An asymmetric underlying rule in the assignment of codons: Possible clue to a quick early evolution of the genetic code via successive binary choices

RNA

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-169

  Delarue, Marc ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Aminoacylation mechanism; Codon assignment; Evolution; Genetic code; Translation errors

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

AMINOACYLATION; ARTICLE; CODON; GENETIC CODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; STOP CODON;

AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; CODON; CODON, TERMINATOR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC CODE; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; TRANSFER RNA AMINOACYLATION;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 33846427338     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.257607     Document Type: Article

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