Catalytic activity of hammerhead ribozymes in a clay mineral environment: Implications for the RNA world

Gene

Volumn 389, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-18

  Biondi, Elisa ^a   Branciamore, Sergio ^a   Fusi, Luca ^a   Gago, Selma ^b   Gallori, Enzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Universitat Politècnica de València   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mineral surfaces; Prebiotic evolution; RNA activities; RNA clay interactions

Indexed keywords

HAMMERHEAD RIBOZYME; MONTMORILLONITE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CATALYSIS; CLAY; HYPOTHESIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIROID;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM SILICATES; BASE SEQUENCE; BENTONITE; BIOGENESIS; CATALYSIS; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, VIRAL; TIME FACTORS; VIROIDS;

PERSEA AMERICANA; VIROIDS;

EID: 33846233043     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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