Article
Driving change: the evolution of alternative genetic codes.
Trends in genetics : TIG - 1 Feb 2004
Santos Manuel A S, Moura Gabriela, Massey Steven E, Tuite Mick F
Abstract excerpt
Pioneering studies in the 1960s that elucidated the genetic code suggested that all extant forms of life use the same genetic code. This early presumption has subsequently been challenged by the discovery of deviations of the universal genetic code in prokaryotes, eukaryotic nuclear genomes and mitochondrial genomes. These studies have revealed that the genetic code is still evolving despite strong negative...
Topics
- Animals
- Codon
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genetic Code
- Genetic Variation
- Genome
- Humans
- Models, Genetic
- Proteins
- RNA, Transfer