A unifying concept for the amino acid code
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: A unifying concept for the amino acid code
zbMATH Open document ID: 0536.92021
DOI: 10.1007/BF02460068
author: Rosemarie Swanson
published in: Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
publication date: 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: The structure of the genetic code is related to a Gray code, which is a plausible theoretical model for an amino acid code. The proposed model implies that the most important factor in shaping the code was the effects of mistakes in translation, not effects of mutations. Another possible implication is that the preservation of stiffness and flexibility at appropriate places in a protein chain is as important in protein structure as the appropriate placement of hydrophilic (external) and hydrophobic (internal) residues. Other results are a simple conceptualization of the relationships among the 20 amino acids and their relations to their codons.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 92Cxx
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 92D10
zbMATH DE Number: 3852860
zbMATH Keywords: unifying concept
zbMATH Keywords: structure of the genetic code
zbMATH Keywords: Gray code
zbMATH Keywords: amino acid code
Wikidata QID: Q52696991
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3852860