A model for the origin of protein synthesis as coreplicational scanning of nascent RNA

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 523-536

  Yakhnin, Alexander V ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nascent RNA scanning; Origin of protein synthesis; Random peptide byproducts; Riboreplisome ribosome; Segregation of copy and template strands

Indexed keywords

RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID; EVOLUTION; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; RNA;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RIBOSOME;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES; RNA; RNA, TRANSFER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 36448988935     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-007-9108-z     Document Type: Review

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