Zachary Burton

## Education
* Ph.D. 1980, University of California, Los Angeles
* B.S. 1975, University of California, Los Angeles

## Postdoctoral Appointments
* Director, Undergraduate Education, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
* Postdoctoral Associate, Special Fellow, 1984-86, Leukemia Society of America
* Postdoctoral Associate, 1983-87, University of Toronto
* Postdoctoral Associate, 1980-83, University of Wisconsin

## Recent Publications
* Lei, L.; Burton, Z.F. The 3 31 Nucleotide Minihelix tRNA Evolution Theorem and the Origin of Life. Life (Basel) 2023, 13, [doi:10.3390/life13112224](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38004364/).

* Lei, L.; Burton, Z.F. "Superwobbling" and tRNA-34 Wobble and tRNA-37 Anticodon Loop Modifications in Evolution and Devolution of the Genetic Code. Life (Basel) 2022, 12, [doi:10.3390/life12020252](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35207539/).

* Lei, L.; Burton, Z.F. Early Evolution of Transcription Systems and Divergence of Archaea and Bacteria. Front Mol Biosci 2021, 8, 651134, [doi:10.3389/fmolb.2021.651134](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34026831/).

* Lei, L.; Burton, Z.F. Evolution of Life on Earth: tRNA, Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases and the Genetic Code. Life (Basel) 2020, 10, [doi:10.3390/life10030021](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32131473/).

* Burton, Z.F. The 3-Minihelix tRNA Evolution Theorem. J Mol Evol 2020, 88, 234-242, [doi:10.1007/s00239-020-09928-2](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32020280/).

* Kim, Y.; Opron, K.; Burton, Z.F. A tRNA- and Anticodon-Centric View of the Evolution of Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases, tRNAomes, and the Genetic Code. Life (Basel) 2019, 9, [doi:10.3390/life9020037](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31060233/).

* Opron, K.; Burton, Z.F. Ribosome Structure, Function, and Early Evolution. Int J Mol Sci 2018, 20, [doi:10.3390/ijms20010040](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30583477/).

* Kim, Y.; Kowiatek, B.; Opron, K.; Burton, Z.F. Type-II tRNAs and Evolution of Translation Systems and the Genetic Code. Int J Mol Sci 2018, 19, [doi:10.3390/ijms19103275](https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/19/10/3275).

* Pak, D.; Kim, Y.; Burton, Z.F. Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase evolution and sectoring of the genetic code. Transcription 2018, 9, 205-224, [doi:10.1080/21541264.2018.1467718](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727262/).

* Pak, D.; Du, N.; Kim, Y.; Sun, Y.; Burton, Z.F. Rooted tRNAomes and evolution of the genetic code. Transcription 2018, 9, 137-151, [doi:10.1080/21541264.2018.1429837](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29372672/).

* Pak, D.; Root-Bernstein, R.; Burton, Z.F. tRNA structure and evolution and standardization to the three nucleotide genetic code. Transcription 2017, 8, 205-219, [doi:10.1080/21541264.2017.1318811](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28632998/).

* Root-Bernstein, R.; Kim, Y.; Sanjay, A.; Burton, Z.F. tRNA evolution from the proto-tRNA minihelix world. Transcription 2016, 7, 153-163, [doi:10.1080/21541264.2016.1235527](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27636862/).