A different genetic code in human mitochondria

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Genetic codeTransfer RNACytochrome c oxidaseGeneMitochondrial DNAGeneticsHuman mitochondrial geneticsCodon usage biasBiologyMethionineCytochrome bMolecular biologyIsoleucineMitochondrionAmino acidRNAGenomeLeucine

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Year: 1979
Type: article
Volume: 282
Issue: 5735
Pages: 189-194
Citations: 571
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                                    B. G. Barrell, 
                                
                                    Alan T. Bankier, 
                                
                                    Jacques Drouin
                                
                            (1979). 
                            A different genetic code in human mitochondria. 
                            Nature
                            , 282
                            (5735)
                            , 189-194.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/282189a0

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DOI: 10.1038/282189a0