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Origin and evolution of the genetic code: The universal enigma

✍ Scribed by Eugene V. Koonin; Artem S. Novozhilov

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
107 KB
Volume
61
Category
Article
ISSN
1521-6543

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The expansion of the standard code according to the coevolution theory. Phase 1 amino acids are orange, and phase 2 amino acids are green. The numbers show the order of amino acid appearance in the code according to (99). The arrows define 13 precursor‐product pairs of amino acids, their color defines the biosynthetic families of Glu (blue), Asp (dark‐green), Phe (magenta), Ser (red), and Val (light‐green). See Origin and Evolution of the Genetic Code: The Universal Enigma by Koonin and Novozhilov, pp. 99‐111.

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