The origin of the genetic code

Amber Suppression: a Nucleotide Change in the Anticodon of a Tyrosine Transfer RNA

Howard M. Goodman, John Abelson, Arthur Landy et al. · Nature · 1968 · 422 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +15

Nucleotide Sequence of a Yeast Tyrosine Transfer RNA

James T. Madison, George A. Everett, Huei-Kuen Kung · Science · 1966 · 247 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +15

Role of the Amino-Acid ‘Code’ and of Selection for Conformation in the Evolution of Proteins

Charles J. Epstein · Nature · 1966 · 150 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Evolutionary Biology +12

Stereochemical Relationship Between Coding Triplets and Amino-Acids

S. R. Pelc, M. G. E. WELTON · Nature · 1966 · 125 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Structural Biochemistry +7

Triplet Nucleotide–Amino-acid Pairing; a Stereo-chemical Basis for the Division between Protein and Non-protein Amino-acids

Peter Dunnill · Nature · 1966 · 93 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +16