On the evolution of the standard amino-acid alphabet

Although one standard amino-acid 'alphabet' is used by most organisms on Earth, the evolutionary cause(s) and significance of this alphabet remain elusive. Fresh insights into the origin of the alphabet are now emerging from disciplines as diverse as astrobiology, biochemical engineering a...

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Autores principales: Lu, Yi, Freeland, Stephen
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Opinion
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1431706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16515719
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gb-2006-7-1-102
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spelling pubmed-14317062006-04-07 On the evolution of the standard amino-acid alphabet Lu, Yi Freeland, Stephen Genome Biol Opinion Although one standard amino-acid 'alphabet' is used by most organisms on Earth, the evolutionary cause(s) and significance of this alphabet remain elusive. Fresh insights into the origin of the alphabet are now emerging from disciplines as diverse as astrobiology, biochemical engineering and bioinformatics. BioMed Central 2006 2006-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC1431706/ /pubmed/16515719 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gb-2006-7-1-102 Text en Copyright © 2006 BioMed Central Ltd
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