On the efficiency of the genetic code after frameshift mutations

Statistical and biochemical studies of the standard genetic code (SGC) have found evidence that the impact of mistranslations is minimized in a way that erroneous codes are either synonymous or code for an amino acid with similar polarity as the originally coded amino acid. It could be quantified th...

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Main Authors: Regine Geyer, Amir Madany Mamlouk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2018-05-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/4825.pdf