Pattern analysis of the genetic code
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Pattern analysis of the genetic code
zbMATH Open document ID: 0644.92009
DOI: 10.1016/0196-8858(88)90003-6
author: Marcela D. Perlwitz
author: Christian Burks
author: Michael S. Waterman
published in: Advances in Applied Mathematics
publication date: 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: This paper considers the genetic code to be a mapping from one finite set (e.g., the \(4^ 3=64\) codons, ordered triplets chosen from the 4 nucleotides) to another (e.g., the 20 amino acids and the termination signal). Codon degeneracy in the genetic code often occurs in the third position, e.g., the codons UCU, UCC, UCA and UCG all code for the amino acid Serine. This paper systematically determines genetic mappings of greater degeneracy which closely approximate the actual genetic code. Metrics on the amino acids correspond to metrics on the mappings and the standard ranking of the three codon positions \((2nd>1st>3rd)\) is confirmed for two different metrics. Implications for codes other than the standard genetic code are discussed.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 92D10
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 92Cxx
zbMATH DE Number: 4051405
zbMATH Keywords: pattern analysis
zbMATH Keywords: genetic code
zbMATH Keywords: Codon degeneracy
zbMATH Keywords: genetic mappings
zbMATH Keywords: amino acids
zbMATH Keywords: metrics
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: 0196-8858(88)90003-6
OpenAlex ID: W2144685910
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