VESTIGES OF EARLY MOLECULAR PROCESSES LEADING TO THE GENETIC-CODE

Authors
FERREIRA R CAVALCANTI ARD
Citation
R. Ferreira et Ard. Cavalcanti, VESTIGES OF EARLY MOLECULAR PROCESSES LEADING TO THE GENETIC-CODE, Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere, 27(4), 1997, pp. 397-403
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere → ACNP
ISSN journal
01696149
Volume
27
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
397 - 403
Database
ISI
SICI code
0169-6149(1997)27:4<397:VOEMPL>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
We compare predictions from a proposed model for the origin of the gen etic code (J. Theor. Biol (1993) 164, 291-305) with existing informati on on the base content of codons and abundance of amino acid in differ ent organisms. A comparison is also made between the three groups of a mino acids suggested by the model and the two classes of aminoacetyl-t RNA synthetases. The observed agreements tend to support the model.