TWiEVO 86: Pulling out the stops in genetic code evolution
- February 2, 2023
- Tagged as: anticodon, eRF1, evolution, natural selection, protein synthesis, protist, stop codon, tRNA
Nels and Vincent discuss how evolution of changes in stop codon assignment might occur, and a novel mechanism for altering the meaning of translation stop codons discovered in a trypanosomatid with the apropos name, Blastocrithidia nonstop.