The origin of the genetic code and of the earliest oligopeptides

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 160, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 481-486

  Trifonov, Edward N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Binary amino acid alphabet; Coding in both strands; Early molecular evolution; Origin of the genetic code

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALANINE; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GLYCINE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; MESSENGER RNA; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CODON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN MOTIF; THERMOSTABILITY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BINDING SITES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CODE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; OLIGOPEPTIDES;

EID: 70349977175     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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