Optimization of the Genetic Code (original) (raw)

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THE Atlas of Protein Sequence and Structure compiled by Eck and Dayhoff1 provides an opportunity for preliminary statistical examinations of aspects of the genetic code.

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MACKAY, A. Optimization of the Genetic Code.Nature 216, 159–160 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216159a0

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• Received: 21 July 1967
• Revised: 04 September 1967
• Issue date: 14 October 1967
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/216159a0

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