title: Vestiges of early molecular processes leading to the genetic code.
abstract: We compare predictions from a proposed model for the origin of the genetic code (J. Theor. Biol (1993) 164, 291-305) with existing information on the base content of codons and abundance of amino acid in different organisms. A comparison is also made between the three groups of amino acids suggested by the model and the two classes of aminoacetyl-tRNA synthetases. The observed agreements tend to support the model.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Quimica Fundamental-UFPE, Recife, Brazil.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Cavalcanti
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000235:genetics; D000604:Amino Acyl-tRNA Synthetases / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D003062:Codon / Q000235:genetics; D005815:Genetic Code; D006801:Humans; D008957:Models, Genetic
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D003062:Codon; D000604:Amino Acyl-tRNA Synthetases