The Genetic Code and the Origin of Life
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer US : Imprint: Springer,
2004.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2004. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/b138242 |
Table of Contents:
- The Early Earth
- Reconstructing the Universal Tree of Life
- The Nature of the Last Common Ancestor
- Ribozyme-Catalyzed Genetics
- The Scope of Selection
- The Evolutionary History of the Translation Machinery
- Functional Evolution of Ribosomes
- Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases as Clues to Establishment of the Genetic Code
- The Relation between Function, Structure and Evolution of Elongation Factors Tu
- Origin and Evolution of DNA and DNA Replication Machineries
- Early Evolution of DNA Repair Mechanisms
- Extant Variations in the Genetic Code
- Adaptive Evolution of the Genetic Code
- Expanding the Genetic Code in Vitro and in Vivo.