Selective pressures on RNA hairpins in vivo and in vitro

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-8

  Gultyaev, Alexander P ^a,b   Van Batenburg, F H D ^a   Pleij, Cornelis W A ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Evolutionary constraints; Folding kinetics; Ribozymes; RNA structure; SELEX

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RIBOZYME; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENERGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FOLDING; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

EID: 0036132950     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-001-0010-4     Document Type: Article

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