On the Evolution of the Standard Amino-acid Alphabet

Overview

Journal Genome Biol

Specialties Biology
Genetics

Date 2006 Mar 7

PMID 16515719

Citations 16

Authors

Yi Lu

Stephen Freeland

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Abstract

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.

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