Why has nature invented three stop codons of DNA and only one start codon?

DOI10.1016/J.JTBI.2012.03.026zbMath1397.92533OpenAlexW2047645126WikidataQ51385878 ScholiaQ51385878MaRDI QIDQ1784389

Michal Křížek, Pavel Krizek

Publication date: 26 September 2018

Published in: Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.03.026

zbMATH Keywords

DNARNADrosophila genomestop codonsynchronization shift

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biochemistry, molecular biology (92C40) Protein sequences, DNA sequences (92D20)

Cites Work

• Cost minimization of ribosomal frameshifts
• The ambush hypothesis at the whole-organism level: off frame, `hidden' stops in vertebrate mitochondrial genes increase developmental stability
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