Amino acid fermentation at the origin of the genetic code

Biology Direct

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  de Vladar, Harold P ^a  

^a NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID; TRANSFER RNA;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CLOSTRIDIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; FERMENTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACIDS; ANTICODON; BIOCATALYSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FERMENTATION; GENETIC CODE; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 84856806669     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6150-7-6     Document Type: Article

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