Selection of the simplest RNA that binds isoleucine

RNA

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1315-1322

  Lozupone, Catherine ^a   Changayil, Shankar ^a   Majerfeld, Irene ^a   Yarus, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Exiguity; Genetic code; Minimal; Origin; Selection; SELEX; Translation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ISOLEUCINE; NUCLEOTIDE; RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; DNA TEMPLATE; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA BINDING;

BASE SEQUENCE; ISOLEUCINE; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA;

EID: 0142240407     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.5114503     Document Type: Article

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