Artificially ambiguous genetic code confers growth yield advantage
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Genetic code ambiguity confers a selective advantage on Acinetobacter baylyi.
A primitive genetic code, composed of a smaller set of amino acids, may have expanded via recursive periods of genetic code ambiguity that were followed by specificity. Here we model a step in this process by showing how genetic code ambiguity could result in an enhanced growth rate in Acinetobacter baylyi.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0402893101