The Genetic Code and the Origin of Life

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Ribas de Pouplana, Lluis. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2004.
Edición:1st ed. 2004.
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1007/b138242
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.