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Making sense of nonsense: The evolution of selenocysteine usage in proteins

Genome Biology
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2005-6-6-221
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A recent analysis of sequences derived from organisms in the Sargasso Sea has revealed a surprisingly different set of selenium-containing proteins than that previously found in sequenced genomes and suggests that selenocysteine utilization has been lost by many groups of organisms during evolution. © 2005 BioMed Central Ltd.

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Copeland, P. R. (2005). Making sense of nonsense: The evolution of selenocysteine usage in proteins. Genome Biology. https://doi.org/10.1186/gb-2005-6-6-221

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