A Realistic Model Under Which the Genetic Code is Optimal

Did Evolution Select a Nonrandom “Alphabet” of Amino Acids?

(2011) Gayle K. Philip et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Some Mathematical Refinements Concerning Error Minimization in the Genetic Code

(2011) H. Buhrman et al.   IEEE-ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Unassigned Codons, Nonsense Suppression, and Anticodon Modifications in the Evolution of the Genetic Code

(2011) Peter T. S. van der Gulik et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

A Model of Proto-Anti-Codon RNA Enzymes Requiring l-Amino Acid Homochirality

(2011) Albert Erives   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

The meaning of a minuscule ribozyme

(2011) M. Yarus   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Primordial synthesis of amines and amino acids in a 1958 Miller H2S-rich spark discharge experiment

(2011) E. T. Parker et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Multiple translational products from a five-nucleotide ribozyme

(2010) R. M. Turk et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Imprints of the genetic code in the ribosome

(2010) D. B. F. Johnson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Nucleotides that are essential but not conserved; a sufficient L-tryptophan site in RNA

(2010) I. Majerfeld et al.   RNA

Simple, recurring RNA binding sites for L-arginine

(2010) T. Janas et al.   RNA

A Thermodynamic Basis for Prebiotic Amino Acid Synthesis and the Nature of the First Genetic Code

(2009) Paul G. Higgs et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

A four-column theory for the origin of the genetic code: tracing the evolutionary pathways that gave rise to an optimized code

(2009) Paul G Higgs   Biology Direct

Deciphering synonymous codons in the three domains of life: Co-evolution with specific tRNA modification enzymes

(2009) Henri Grosjean et al.   FEBS LETTERS

RNA–Amino Acid Binding: A Stereochemical Era for the Genetic Code

(2009) Michael Yarus et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

The first peptides: The evolutionary transition between prebiotic amino acids and early proteins

(2009) Peter van der Gulik et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Extreme genetic code optimality from a molecular dynamics calculation of amino acid polar requirement

(2009) Thomas Butler et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Small Molecule Subgraph Detector (SMSD) toolkit

(2009) Syed Rahman et al.   Journal of Cheminformatics

An extension of the coevolution theory of the origin of the genetic code

(2008) Massimo Di Giulio   Biology Direct

A Neutral Origin for Error Minimization in the Genetic Code

(2008) Steven E. Massey   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

On the Physical Basis of the Amino Acid Polar Requirement

(2008) Damien C. Mathew et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

Eukaryotic Wobble Uridine Modifications Promote a Functionally Redundant Decoding System

(2008) M. J. O. Johansson et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY