Folding Stabilizes the Evolution of Catalysts

Artificial Life

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-38

  Altmeyer, Stephan ^a   Füchslin, Rudolf M ^a   McCaskill, John S ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altruism; Catalysis; Evolution; Origins of life; Recognition; RNA

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRAPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROTEINS; RNA;

ALTRUISM; EVOLUTION; ORIGIN OF LIFE; RECOGNITION;

BIOCATALYSTS;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME STABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN FOLDING;

CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; ENZYME STABILITY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 10744220618     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/106454604322875896     Document Type: Article

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