An integrated, structure- and energy-based view of the genetic code

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 44, Issue 17, 2016, Pages 8020-8040

  Grosjean, Henri ^a   Westhof, Eric ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I2BC   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOACYL TRANSFER RNA; MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSFER RNA; CODON;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; AU RICH ELEMENT; BASE PAIRING; CODON; CODON USAGE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOMAL FRAMESHIFTING; RIBOSOME; RNA BINDING; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WATSON CRICK PAIR; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; THERMODYNAMICS;

CODON; GENETIC CODE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBOSOMES; RNA, TRANSFER; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84991202026     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw608     Document Type: Article

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