2000/01/31 by J. D. Bashford, Peter Jarvis, P. D. Jarvis · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Algebraic number #Algorithm #Amino acid #Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology #Basis (linear algebra) #Biology #Code (set theory) #Computer science #Genetic code #Genetics #Geometry #Homogeneous space #Mathematical analysis #Mathematics #Monomial #Protein Structure and Dynamics #Pure mathematics #RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms #Rotation (mathematics) #Set (abstract data type) #Simple (philosophy) #physics.bio-ph #q-bio
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0303-2647(00)00097-6
published as Biosyst.57:147-161,2000 · 26 pages Latex, 10 figures (4 ps, 6 Tex). Refereed version, small changes to discussion (conclusion unaltered). Minor alterations to format of figures and tables. To appear in BioSystems
arxiv created 2000/08/01 · openalex publication_date 2000/09/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The systematics of indices of physico-chemical properties of codons and amino acids across the genetic code are examined. Using a simple numerical labelling scheme for nucleic acid bases, data can be fitted as low-order polynomials of the 6 coordinates in the 64-dimensional codon weight space. The work confirms and extends recent studies by Siemion of amino acid conformational parameters. The connections between the present work, and recent studies of the genetic code structure using dynamical symmetry algebras, are pointed out.