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Abstract
The sequence of a nucleotide region of f1 bacteriophage was determined on a bonded ultrathin acrylamide gel with a discontinuous buffer system by using the dideoxy-DNA sequencing method. This sequence and one other were analyzed for maximal base pairing with tRNAs. The results allow a prediction of the direction and phase of possible coding functions. The implication of sequence constraints on mRNA codon frequency, tRNA structure, the origin of protein synthesis, and triplet reading are discussed in terms of neutral, Darwinian, and genotypic selectionist perspectives of evolution. The model of F. H. C. Crick, S. Brenner, A. Klug, and G. Pieczenik [(1976) Origins of Life 7, 389-397] for the origin of the genetic code is used to interpet contemporary adaptive and functional nucleic acid sequences.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID: 6158050 PMCID: PMC349652 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.77.6.3539
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205