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q-bio.BM2009★ 1 cited
The first peptides: the evolutionary transition between prebiotic amino acids and early proteins
Peter van der Gulik, Serge Massar, Dimitri Gilis +2
The issues we attempt to tackle here are what the first peptides did look like when they emerged on the primitive earth, and what simple catalytic activities they fulfilled. We con…
physics.bio-ph2001
Optimality of the genetic code with respect to protein stability and amino acid frequencies
Dimitri Gilis, Serge Massar, Nicolas Cerf +1
How robust is the natural genetic code with respect to mistranslation errors? It has long been known that the genetic code is very efficient in limiting the effect of point mutatio…