Question 6: Coevolution theory of the genetic code: A proven theory

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 37, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 403-408

  Wong, Jeffrey Tze Fei ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Amino acid biosynthesis; Coevolution theory; Genetic code; Pretran synthesis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ENZYME; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MUTATION; PROTEIN; COEVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENETICS;

AMINO ACID; PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CODON; GENETIC CODE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AMINO ACIDS; CODON; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; GENETIC CODE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUTATION; PROTEINS; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 34548035821     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-007-9094-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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