Alternative genetic code for amino acids and transfer RNA revisited

Biomolecular Concepts

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 309-318

  Hamashima, Kiyofumi ^a   Kanai, Akio ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evolution; Genetic code; Protein synthesis; Transfer RNA; TRNA fragment

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CONFORMATION; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC CODE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC CODE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 84881574071     PISSN: 18685021     EISSN: 1868503X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bmc-2013-0002     Document Type: Review

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