The Pre-History of Life: Elegantly Simple Organizing Principles Seen in Ribosomes (IMAGE)

Salk Institute

The Pre-History of Life: Elegantly Simple Organizing Principles Seen in Ribosomes

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Analysis of ribosome structures, shown on the left, from four different species revealed a non-random affinity between anticodon-containing RNA triplets and their respective amino acids, shown on the right).

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Courtesy of David Johnson, Salk Institute for Biological Studies.

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