The genetic code and the origin of life /

Combines two complementary approaches to address the question of the development of the Genetic Code. This volume provides a general reference for the academic audience interested in evolution and, simultaneously, consolidates our detailed knowledge on the biological characteristics of the component...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Ribas de Pouplana, Lluís
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Georgetown, Tex. : New York, N.Y. : Landes Bioscience/Eurekah.com ; Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, [2004]
Series:Molecular biology intelligence unit (Unnumbered)
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Table of Contents:
  • The early earth / Oliver Botta and Jeffrey L. Bada
  • Reconstructing the universal tree of life / James R. Brown
  • The nature of the last common ancestor / Luis Delaye, Arturo Becerra, and Antonio Lazcano
  • Ribozyme-catalyzed genetics / Donald H. Burke
  • The scope of selection / Michael Yarus and Rob Knight
  • The evolutionary history of the translation machinery / George E. Fox and Ashwinikumar K. Naik
  • Functional evolution of ribosomes / C. Briones and R. Amils
  • Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases as clues to establishment of the genetic code / Lluis Ribas de Pouplana and Paul Schimmel
  • The relation between function, structure, and evolution of elongation factors Tu / Mathias Sprinzl
  • Origin and evolution of DNA and DNA replication machineries / Patrick Forterre, Jonathan Filíe, and Hannu Myllykallio
  • Early evolution of DNA repair mechanisms / Jocelyne DiRuggiero and Frank T. Robb
  • Extant variations in the genetic code / Manuel A.S. Santos and Mick F. Tuite
  • Adaptive evolution of the genetic code / Rob D. Knight, S.J. Freeland, and Laura F. Landweber
  • Expanding the genetic code in vitro and in vivo / Thomas J. Magliery and David R. Liu.