Natural history and experimental evolution of the genetic code

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 739-753

  Wiltschi, Birgit ^a   Budisa, Nediljko ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acid repertoire; Artificial life; Biotechnology; Evolution of codon re assignment; Genetic code; Protein design and engineering

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLS; PROTEINS; RNA;

ARTIFICIAL LIFE; CODON REASSIGNMENT; GENETIC CODES; PROTEIN DESIGN;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

AMINO ACID; FORMYLMETHIONINE; LYSINE DERIVATIVE; MESSENGER RNA; SELENOCYSTEINE; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LABORATORY METHOD; PROTEIN; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTICODON; ASTRONOMY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL DIVISION; CODON; DNA REPLICATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOP CODON;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CODE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 33847302452     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0823-6     Document Type: Short Survey

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