Modelling molecular stability in the RNA world

Computational Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 259-272

  Taylor, William R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Origin of life; Parallel complement; RNA stability; RNA world

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; POLYMERS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES; STABILITY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMAL EFFECTS;

ORIGIN OF LIFE; PARALLEL COMPLEMENT; RNA STABILITY; RNA WORLD;

RNA;

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RNA; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; HEAT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DENATURATION; RIBOSOME; RNA STABILITY;

BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HEAT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; RIBOSOMES; RNA; RNA REPLICASE; RNA STABILITY;

EID: 23144461759     PISSN: 14769271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2005.04.009     Document Type: Article

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