Imprints of the genetic code in the ribosome

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 8298-8303

  Johnson, David B F ^a   Wang, Lei ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticodon amino acid association; Codon reassignment; Evolution of the genetic code; RNA protein interaction; Stereochemical hypothesis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME RNA;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANTICODON; ARTICLE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC CODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

AMINO ACIDS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC CODE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; RIBOSOMES;

EID: 77952335310     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1000704107     Document Type: Article

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