A minimum principle in mRNA editing of Physarum ?
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mRNA editing in three sequences of Physarum polycephalum is analyzed. Once fixed the edited peptide chain, the nature of the inserted nucleotides and the position of the insertion sites are explained by introducing a minimum principle in the framework of the crystal basis model of the genetic code introduced by the authors. PACS number: 87.10.+e, 02.10.-v LAPTH-812/00 physics/0009063 September 2000
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