Plasticity, evolvability, and modularity in RNA

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 288, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 242-283

  Ancel, Lauren W ^a   Fontana, Walter ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0034667684     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-010X(20001015)288:3<242::AID-JEZ5>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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