The evolution of the genetic code revisited

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 36, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 549-555

  Travers, Andrew ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Codon anticodon pairing; Divergent codes; DNA stability; Stacking interactions

Indexed keywords

DNA;

DIVERGENCE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EVOLUTION; GENETICS;

ANTICODON; CODON; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETIC CODE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANTICODON; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC CODE;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33846512987     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-006-9041-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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