Evolutionary origins and directed evolution of RNA

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 254-265

  Ellington, Andrew D ^a   Chen, Xi ^a   Robertson, Michael ^a   Syrett, Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aptamer; Fitness landscape; In vitro selection; Origins; Polymerase; Ribozyme; SELEX; Translation

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; NUCLEIC ACID; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RIBOZYME;

CATALYST; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE SEQUENCE; IN VITRO SELECTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PROTEIN MOTIF; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA METABOLISM; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALS; APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; BASE SEQUENCE; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; RNA, CATALYTIC;

EID: 56949108318     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2008.08.015     Document Type: Review

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