A tiny RNA that catalyzes both aminoacyl-RNA and peptidyl-RNA synthesis

RNA

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1482-1489

  Illangasekare, Mali ^a   Yarus, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acylation; Evolution; Ribozyme; RNA world; Translation

Indexed keywords

PHENYLALANINE DERIVATIVE; PHENYLALANINE TRANSFER RNA; RNA;

ACYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION;

ACYLATION; ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHENYLALANINE; RNA; RNA, CATALYTIC;

EID: 0032706595     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355838299991264     Document Type: Article

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