Non-unity molecular heritability demonstrated by continuous evolution in vitro

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 857-869

  Schmitt, Thomas ^a,b   Lehman, Niles ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Folding; Heritability; In vitro selection; Ribozymes; RNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033485559     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(00)80005-8     Document Type: Article

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