Suggested phylogeny of tRNAs based on the construction of ancestral sequences

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 335, Issue , 2013, Pages 245-248

  De Farias, Sávio Torres ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Genetic code; Origin of life; TRNA evolution

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; RNA;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

GENETIC CODE; ORIGIN OF LIFE; TRNA EVOLUTION;

AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; ANTICODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84881262125     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2013.06.033     Document Type: Article

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