title: Eucaryotic codes.
abstract: This article is a review of the rules used by eucaryotic cells to translate a nuclear messenger RNA into a polypeptide chain. The recent observation that these rules are not identical in two species of a same phylum indicates that they have changed during the course of evolution. Possible scenarios for such changes are presented.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Caron
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D016798:Ciliophora / Q000235:genetics; D003062:Codon; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000235:genetics; D005057:Eukaryotic Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D005658:Fungi / Q000235:genetics; D005815:Genetic Code; D010442:Peptide Chain Initiation, Translational; D010443:Peptide Chain Termination, Translational
chemical_list: D003062:Codon