The Origin and Evolution of the Genetic Code: 100th Anniversary Year of the Birth of Francis Crick

• Main Author: Koji Tamura (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Subjects: Genetics (non-medical); Genetic code; Specificity; Codon; Amino acid; Francis Crick; tRNA; Stereochemistry; Frozen accident; Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase; Anticodon
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The genetic code is one of the greatest discoveries of the 20th century as it is central to life itself. It is the algorithm that connects 64 RNA triplets to 20 amino acids, thus functioning as the Rosetta Stone of molecular biology. Following the discovery of the structure of DNA by James Watson an...