ReviewProceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and biological sciences2008
Evolving genetic code.
Review in Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and biological sciences, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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4 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
In 1985, we reported that a bacterium, Mycoplasma capricolum, used a deviant genetic code, namely UGA, a "universal" stop codon, was read as tryptophan. This finding, together with the deviant nuclear genetic codes in not a few organisms and a number of mitochondria, shows that the genetic code is not universal, and is in a state of evolution. To account for the changes in codon meanings, we proposed the codon capture theory stating that all the code changes are non-disruptive without accompanied changes of amino acid sequences of proteins. Supporting evidence for the theory is presented in this review. A possible evolutionary process from the ancient to the present-day genetic code is also discussed.
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