A scientific open season. Comment on 'A colorful origin for the genetic code: Information theory, statistical mechanics and the emergence of molecular codes' by T. Tlusty

Physics of Life Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 377-378

  Wallace, Rodrick ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

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PEPTIDE;

CELLULAR, SUBCELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC CODE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NOTE; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DATABASES, PROTEIN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC CODE; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 77956056444     PISSN: 15710645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2010.07.007     Document Type: Note

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