RNA processing in evolution: The logic of soft-wired genomes

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 870, Issue , 1999, Pages 119-132

  Herbert, Alan ^a   Rich, Alexander ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RNA;

CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; GENOME; RIBOTYPING; RNA PROCESSING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0032774528     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08872.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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