The genetic code and the origin of life / [edited by] Lluís Ribas de Pouplana.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ribas de Pouplana, Lluís.

Series:

Molecular biology intelligence unit

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evolutionary genetics.

Genetic code.

Genetic Code.

Evolution, Molecular.

Medical Subjects:

Genetic Code.

Evolution, Molecular.

Physical Description:

253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Georgetown, Tex. : Landes Bioscience/Eurekah.com ; New York, N.Y. : Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, [2004]

Summary:

The Genetic Code and the Origin of Life celebrates the 50 th anniversary of the discovery of the double helix. This book combines two complementary approaches to address the question of the development of the Genetic Code. The first chapters provide general perspectives into the most important features of the evolution of life and the code. The rest of the chapters provide detailed analyses on the features and evolution of independent components of the code. Thus the book combines a general overview with detailed descriptions. This volume provides a general reference for the academic audience interested in evolution and, simultaneously, consolidates our most detailed knowledge on the biological characteristics of the components of the genetic code.

Contents:

The early earth / Oliver Botta and Jeffrey L. Bada

Reconstructing the universal tree of life / James R. Brown

The nature of the last common ancestor / Luis Delaye, Arturo Becerra, and Antonio Lazcano

Ribozyme-catalyzed genetics / Donald H. Burke

The scope of selection / Michael Yarus and Rob D. Knight

The evolutionary history of the translation machinery / George E. Fox and Ashwinikumar K. Naik

Functional evolution of ribosomes / Carlos Briones and Ricardo Amils

Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases as clues to establishment of the genetic code / Lluis Ribas de Pouplana and Paul Schimmel

The relation between function, structure and evolution of elongation factors Tu / Mathias Sprinzl

Origin and evolution of DNA and DNA replication machineries / Patrick Forterre, Jonathan Filíe, and Hannu Myllykallio

Early evolution of DNA repair mechanisms / Jocelyne DiRuggiero and Frank T. Robb

Extant variations in the genetic code / Manuel A. S. Santos and Mick F. Tuite

Adaptive evolution of the genetic code / Rob D. Knight, S. J. Freeland, and Laura F. Landweber

Expanding the genetic code in vitro and in vivo / Thomas J. Magliery and David R. Liu.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0306478439

OCLC:

55877347

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