Certain non-standard coding tables appear to be more robust to error than the standard genetic code

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-28

  Kurnaz, Mehmet Levent ^a   Bilgin, Tugce ^b   Kurnaz, Isil Aksan ^b  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alternative (non standard) genetic codes; Coding table; Codon reassignments; Evolution; Robustness

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CODON; GENETIC CODE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CODON; GENETIC CODE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

CILIOPHORA; DASYCLADACEAE; HEXAMITA; PLATYHELMINTHES;

EID: 76749121381     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-009-9303-9     Document Type: Article

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