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Universal Genetic Code

The Universal Genetic Code is a standardized biological coding system that belongs to the class of genetic codes, distinguished by its near-invariant correspondence between nucleotide triplets and specific amino acids across almost all organisms, thereby enabling consistent translation of genetic information into proteins.

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Standard Genetic Code

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339

General Nature of the Genetic Code for Proteins

Francis Crick, Leslie Barnett, S. BRENNER et al. · Nature · 1961 · 1.4K citations

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Mendelian Inheritance in Man. Catalogs of Autosomal Dominant, Autosomal Recessive, and X-Linked Phenotypes.

Annals of Internal Medicine · 1967 · 975 citations

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A different genetic code in human mitochondria

B. G. Barrell, Alan T. Bankier, Jacques Drouin · Nature · 1979 · 576 citations

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RNA Editing in Plant Mitochondria

Rudolf Hiesel, Bernd Wissinger, Wolfgang Schuster et al. · Science · 1989 · 555 citations

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RNA editing in plant mitochondria

Patrick S. Covello, Michael W. Gray · Nature · 1989 · 532 citations

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Authors

862

  1. MD
    Massimo Di Giulio

    Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, Italy

    8 publications · 311 citations

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  2. LR
    Lluı́s Ribas de Pouplana

    Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Spain

    6 publications · 263 citations

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  3. JT
    J. Tze‐Fei Wong

    University of Toronto, Canada

    6 publications · 422 citations

    6

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  4. TH
    Thomas H. Jukes

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    6 publications · 334 citations

    6

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  5. KW
    Kimitsuna Watanabe

    The University of Tokyo, Japan

    5 publications · 354 citations

    5

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Institutions

399

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    12 h-index

    39 publications

    3.4K citations

  2. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    11 h-index

    49 publications

    2.7K citations

  3. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    10 h-index

    19 publications

    1.7K citations

  4. Scripps Research Institute

    San Diego, United States

    9 h-index

    27 publications

    1.8K citations

  5. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    8 h-index

    22 publications

    1.2K citations

  6. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Mexico City, Mexico

    7 h-index

    17 publications

    359 citations

  7. Institut Pasteur

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    574 citations

  8. Institute of Genetics and Biophysics

    Naples, Italy

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    289 citations

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  1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 25 publications · 2.2K citations

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  2. Journal of Molecular Evolution

    22 publications · 1K citations

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  3. Journal of Theoretical Biology

    17 publications · 642 citations

    15

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  4. Nature

    16 publications · 3.6K citations

    14

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  5. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

    13 publications · 329 citations

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