Functional information and the emergence of biocomplexity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 8574-8581

  Hazen, Robert M ^a   Griffin, Patrick L ^a   Carothers, James M ^b   Szostak, Jack W ^c  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aptamers; Artificial life; Emergent systems; Evolution; Origin of life

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; ENERGY; EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA;

EID: 34547466828     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0701744104     Document Type: Article

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