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Molecular evolution from abiotic scratch
Author(s) -
Trifonov Edward N,
Berezovsky Igor N
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/s0014-5793(02)03165-4
Subject(s) - protein evolution , evolutionary biology , computational biology , chronology , abiotic component , biology , genetics , paleontology , gene
Recent papers on the emerging new theory of protein evolution are reviewed. Reconstruction of codon chronology, analysis of loop fold structure of proteins, and quantitative correspondence between optimal DNA ring closure size and protein domain size allow to outline specific stages in early protein evolution, each with its own size range.