Abstract The genetic code is characterized by a pattern arising from “wobble-pairing” between codons and anticodons, so that one nucleotide in the first anticodon position can pair with more than one nucleotide in the third position of a codon [1]. Earlier codes may have existed in which there were fewer anticodons than at present, so that these earlier codes contained fewer amino acids. The universal code was formerly thought to be the only currently existing code used by terrestrial species. It is now known that differences exist from the universal code in mitochondrial coding systems, and also that mitochondrial systems differ from each other. These findings lend support to the proposal that archetypal codes preceded the present universal code. Such archetypal codes may have had some resemblances to mitochondrial codes.
Changes in the amino acid code
Advances in Space Research ; 3 , 9 ; 107-111
1983-01-01
5 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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