Codon ambiguities as a mechanism to alter the genetic code in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Although the genetic code is generally viewed as immutable, alterations to its standard form occur in the three domains of life. A remarkable alteration to the standard genetic code occurs in many fungi of the Saccharomycotina CTG clade where the Leucine CUG codon has been reassigned to Serine by a...

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Main Author: Silva, Ana Rita Guimarães Rodrigues da (author)
Format: masterThesis
Language:eng
Published: 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/15394
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/15394