Unassigned codons, nonsense suppression, and anticodon modifications in the evolution of the genetic code

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 73, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 59-69

  Van Der Gulik, Peter T S ^a   Hoff, Wouter D ^b  

^a CWI   (Netherlands)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Genetic code; RNA modification; tRNA; Unassigned codons; Wobble rules

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

ANTICODON; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BASE PAIRING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC CODE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STOP CODON;

ANTICODON; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BASE PAIRING; CODON, NONSENSE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC CODE; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 84856363808     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-011-9470-3     Document Type: Article

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