Flow of Information in Molecular Biological Mechanisms

Biological Theory

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 280-287

  Darden, Lindley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Francis Crick; genetic code; information; mechanism; molecular biology; protein synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875588086     PISSN: 15555542     EISSN: 15555550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/biot.2006.1.3.280     Document Type: Article

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