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Prediction of Physical-Chemical Properties of Amino Acids from Genetic Code

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Using the crystal basis model of the genetic code, a set of relations between the physical-chemical properties of the amino acids are derived and compared with the experimental data. A prediction for the not yet measured thermodynamical parameters of three amino acids is done.

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Frappat, L., Sciarrino, A. & Sorba, P. Prediction of Physical-Chemical Properties of Amino Acids from Genetic Code. Journal of Biological Physics 28, 17–26 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016274329603

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