tRNA genes and the genetic code

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 253, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 469-482

  Foltan, Jaromir S ^a,b  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b SAS Bratislava   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Aminoacyl tRNA synthetases; Evolution of the genetic code; Metabolic pathways; Similarities between tRNA genes; tRNAs

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; ARGININE; ISOLEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; PROLINE; TRANSFER RNA; VALINE;

AMINO ACID; ANCESTRY; EVOLUTION; GENE; METABOLISM; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CODON; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACIDS; AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; ANIMALS; CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC CODE; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, GENETIC; RNA, TRANSFER;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 46949089845     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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