The RNA world on ice: A new scenario for the emergence of RNA information

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 264-273

  Vlassov, Alexander V ^a   Kazakov, Sergei A ^a   Johnston, Brian H ^a,c   Landweber, Laura F ^b  

^a SomaGenics Inc   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Freezing catalysis; Miniribozymes; RNA evolution; RNA world

Indexed keywords

RNA;

CATALYSIS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; FREEZING; GENETIC SELECTION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSESTERIFICATION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FREEZING; MODELS, GENETIC; RNA; RNA STABILITY; RNA, CATALYTIC;

EID: 24744440361     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-0362-7     Document Type: Review

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