The ribosome as a missing link in the evolution of life

DOI10.1016/J.JTBI.2014.11.025MaRDI QIDQ2415772zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Meredith Root-Bernstein, Robert Root-Bernstein

Publication date 23 May 2019

Published in Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

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Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.11.025

zbMATH Keywords

RNA worldprotein synthesismessenger RNAribosomal RNAtransfer RNA

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biochemistry, molecular biology (92C40) Genetics and epigenetics (92D10) Problems related to evolution (92D15)

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• A possible circular RNA at the origin of life
• Evolution of the genetic code based on conservative changes of codons, amino acids, and aminoacyl tRNA synthetases

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Uses Software

• BLAST
• PSI-BLAST

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