What Froze the Genetic Code?
Abstract
:1. The Limits of the Genetic Code
2. Why Did the Genetic Code Freeze?
3. Evolutionary Strategies to Expand the Functional Boundaries of the Translation Apparatus
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Ribas de Pouplana, L.; Torres, A.G.; Rafels-Ybern, À. What Froze the Genetic Code? Life 2017, 7, 14. https://doi.org/10.3390/life7020014
Ribas de Pouplana L, Torres AG, Rafels-Ybern À. What Froze the Genetic Code? Life. 2017; 7(2):14. https://doi.org/10.3390/life7020014
Chicago/Turabian StyleRibas de Pouplana, Lluís, Adrian Gabriel Torres, and Àlbert Rafels-Ybern. 2017. "What Froze the Genetic Code?" Life 7, no. 2: 14. https://doi.org/10.3390/life7020014