Getting from an RNA world to modern cells just got a little easier

BioEssays

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 105-108

  Poole, Anthony M ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINASE; RIBOZYME; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

CALCULATION; DNA REPLICATION; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME SIZE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; REVIEW; RNA RECOMBINATION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BIOGENESIS; CELLS; EVOLUTION; GENOME; GENOTYPE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RNA; RNA, CATALYTIC;

EID: 33644520561     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20367     Document Type: Review

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