(1) Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden;(2) Homulus Informatics, 88 Howard, # 1205, San Francisco, 94 105 CA, USA
Abstract:
Background
There are two different theories about the development of the genetic code. Woese suggested that it was developed in connection
with the amino acid repertoire, while Crick argued that any connection between codons and amino acids is only the result of
an "accident". This question is fundamental to understand the nature of specific protein-nucleic acid interactions.