Evolution of the genetic code

Author(s)

• 大沢, 省三 オオサワ, ショウゾウ

Bibliographic Information

Evolution of the genetic code

Syozo Osawa

Oxford University Press, 1995

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The genetic code was deciphered experimentally around 1966 and for a number of years scientists considered it to be "universal" for all forms of life. In 1981 researchers shocked the scientific community with the discovery that the code differs in mitochondria and certain other organisms - the genetic code was still evolving. This book discusses the distribution and origin of the non-universal codes and examines the possible mechanisms of the code changes, making it essential reading for all those interested in evolutionary genetics.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• 1. The genetic code - History
• 2. Structure of the "universal" genetic code
• 3. Anticodon compositions
• 4. Codon usage
• 5. Unassigned or nonsense codons
• 6. Evolving genetic code
• 7. Selenocysteine is coded by UGA
• 8. RNA editing
• 9. Origin and early evolution of the genetic code
• 10. Amino acid composition of proteins and the genetic code
• 11. Epilogue
• 12. References

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Details

• NCID: BA25799375
• ISBN:
  • 0198547811
• LCCN: 94045539
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 205 p., [8] p. of plates
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QH390
  • DC20 : 575
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Evolutionary genetics