A neutral origin for error minimization in the genetic code

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 510-516

  Massey, Steven E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Error minimization; Genetic code; Neutral

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CODON; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACIDS; CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC CODE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 55949110334     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-008-9167-4     Document Type: Article

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