The informational context of the third base in amino acid codons.

doi:10.1016/0303-2647(94)90053-1

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The informational context of the third base in amino acid codons.

Bio Systems - 1 Jan 1994

Siemion I Z, Siemion P J

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It is shown that in the pairs of amino acids coded by the codons possesing identical bases in the first and second positions, the amino acids with R in the third position are of higher structural importance (which is reflected by higher values of (P alpha + P beta) sums of Chou-Fasman conformatio...

Topics

Animals
Anticodon
Codon
Genetic Code
Humans
Mutation
Species Specificity
Thermodynamics

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