The central dogma of molecular biology describes how genetic information stored in nucleic acids guides the formation of structured proteins from a single molecular alphabet of twenty amino acids (C20)1,2.
Xeno Amino Acids
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Mapping the Edges of Mass Spectral Prediction: Evaluation of Machine Learning EIMS Prediction for Xeno Amino Acids
Mass spectrometry is one of the most effective analytical methods for unknown compound identification. By comparing observed m/z spectra with a database of experimentally determined spectra, this process identifies compound(s) […]
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Xeno Amino Acids: A Look Into Biochemistry As We Don’t Know It
Would Another Origin Of Life Resemble Earth’s Biochemical Use Of Amino Acids? Here we review current knowledge at three levels: