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Evolution of the Genetic Code
Syozo OSAWA
Oxford University Press (1995)

Contents

1. The genetic code - history

2. The structure of the "universal" genetic code

3. Anticodon composition

4. Codon usage

5. Unassigned or nonsense codons

6. The evolving genetic code

7. Selenocysteine is coded by UGA

8. RNA editing

9. Origin and early evolution of the genetic code

10. Amino acid composition of proteins and the genetic code

Epilogue

References

Index 205 pp. with 15 plates