The evolution and functional repertoire of translation proteins following the origin of life.

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Published in Biol Direct on April 08, 2010

Authors

Aaron D Goldman1, Ram Samudrala, John A Baross

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Box 357242, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. adg1000@u.washington.edu

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