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. 1979 Nov 2;206(4418):575-7.
doi: 10.1126/science.493962.

Water, protein folding, and the genetic code

R V Wolfenden, P M Cullis, C C Southgate

Water, protein folding, and the genetic code

R V Wolfenden et al. Science. .

Abstract

The absolute affinities of amino acid side chains for solvent water closely match their relative distributions between the surface and the interior of native proteins and are associated with a remarkable bias in the genetic code.

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