Amplification of the sequences displaying the pattern RNY in the RNA world: The Translation → Translation/Replication hypothesis

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 219, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 521-537

  Lehmann, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE; TRANSFER RNA;

GENETICS;

AMINOACYLATION; ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HYPOTHESIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA REPLICATION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSLATION;

EID: 0036434298     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2002.3142     Document Type: Article

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