Rewiring the keyboard: evolvability of the genetic code

2001/01/01 by Rob Knight, Robin D. Knight, Stephen J. Freeland +1 · 18 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms #RNA modifications and cancer

paper · doi:10.1038/35047500

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Citations

• Reductive evolution of resident genomes
• Recent evidence for evolution of the genetic code

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