Experimental evolution of complexity: In vitro emergence of intermolecular ribozyme interactions

RNA

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 268-275

  Hanczyc, Martin M ^a   Dorit, Robert L ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalytic RNA; In vitro selection; Nucleic acids; Self organization

Indexed keywords

RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA, CATALYTIC; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0031951385     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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