Exploring the evolution of standard amino-acid alphabet: When genomics meets thermodynamics

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 359, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 403-405

  Zhang, Hong Yu ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Evolution; Origin of life; Standard amino acid alphabet; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMPHOLYTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOGENESIS; BIOINFORMATICS; COEVOLUTION; GENETIC CODE; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMINO ACIDS; GENOMICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 34250207719     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.05.115     Document Type: Short Survey

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