Extreme genetic code optimality from a molecular dynamics calculation of amino acid polar requirement

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Butler, Thomas ^a   Goldenfeld, Nigel ^a   Mathew, Damien ^b   Luthey Schulten, Zaida ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC CODE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; LAST UNIVERSAL COMMON ANCESTORS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS CALCULATION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; OPTIMALITY; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE;

AMINATION; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; BIOLOGY; GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC ACIDS;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 67649992002     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.79.060901     Document Type: Article

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